Monday, June 21, 2010

Musical Sounds: Bassoforte

About 20 seconds into this video, I thought, “Dude, that’s Awesome! I gotta blog this!”

Sound designer and composer Diego Stocco has a talent for innovating and improvising music. One of his inventions is an ingenious musical instrument he calls Bassoforte--- achieved by splicing a piano keyboard with strings from an electric bass and guitar... and various things.
As the name says, the device literally combines Bass and Pianoforte... and plays quite nicely, producing a unique, interesting tune. Much of the music created by Diego has a very 'Steampunk' aesthetic-- in sound, instrument design & construction.

Diego Stocco - Bassoforte from Diego Stocco on Vimeo.


Listen to other samples of his imaginitive musical experimentation.

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