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    Posted: June 08 2007 at 07:58
Loads of Harpsichord on Sky's Sky 2, courtesy of Francis Monkman. Some of the tracks are exclusively classical harpsichord.
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Points: 1881 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 06 2007 at 19:24
Originally posted by pgryphon pgryphon wrote:

Originally posted by Garion81 Garion81 wrote:

Originally posted by Pyk Owrno Zes Pyk Owrno Zes wrote:

Rick Wakeman uses a really good electric harpsichord/piano. 
 
Rick used a RMI electronic Piano and Harpsichord.  I don't think he ever played and acoustic Harpsichord.
 
 


The RMI he used live (and of course some places in the studio - like the "piano" chords on the down-part (forget what it's called) of close to the edge, plus all over 6 wives), but on siberian kathru it's a real one in the studio-verion, no doubt.

I'd also mention Banco del mutuo soccorso and Il revescio della medaglia, plus loads of other ita-prog-bands.
I'm interested to hear the discussion about what RW used to solo on Siberian Khatru, it sounds like an acoustic instrument rather than a "synthetic" one...and yes of course there are loads-a-other examples of use of the harpsichord in prog... 
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Points: 11 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 06 2007 at 12:44
Originally posted by Garion81 Garion81 wrote:

Originally posted by Pyk Owrno Zes Pyk Owrno Zes wrote:

Rick Wakeman uses a really good electric harpsichord/piano. 
 
Rick used a RMI electronic Piano and Harpsichord.  I don't think he ever played and acoustic Harpsichord.
 
 


The RMI he used live (and of course some places in the studio - like the "piano" chords on the down-part (forget what it's called) of close to the edge, plus all over 6 wives), but on siberian kathru it's a real one in the studio-verion, no doubt.

I'd also mention Banco del mutuo soccorso and Il revescio della medaglia, plus loads of other ita-prog-bands.
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Points: 15784 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 21 2007 at 10:59
There's some Lute on Sleepytime Gorilla Museum's Of Natural History
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Points: 7113 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 21 2007 at 02:42

Wasn't there was harpsichord at the very end of "Child in Time?" Hmm? I think the entire song is worth those precious few seconds.

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Points: 116 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 20 2007 at 14:57
As for lute, I'm pretty sure Minimum Vital use it, along with other medieval instruments like theorbe,...
 
A lot of Italians use harpsichord, Trace, Gentle Giant, Happy the man,...
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Originally posted by farflung farflung wrote:

Isn't it harpsichord on Jack-A-Lynn  - a lovely Jethro Tull track on some of the greatest hits?


I love that tune! But the electronic harpsichord sounds a tad too plastic to me...
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A harpsichord sound can also often be heard in Lacrymosa - Joy of the wrecked ship, but I believe it's a sample and not the real instrument.
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The wake has some seconds of harpsichord. XIV century Yamaha or Roland, I think.
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Originally posted by EinTon EinTon wrote:

Originally posted by Atomic_Rooster Atomic_Rooster wrote:

while not quite harpsichord, Kerry Minnear of Gentle Giant made great use of the Clavinet


He also sometimes used the real Harpsichord!

(For example: In a Glass House, Title Track, where in several parts he doubles the bassline with the harpsichord).

He also uses one (I don't know if it real or not) on Acquiring The Taste. I believe it is on the soft part of Wreck.
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Originally posted by Atomic_Rooster Atomic_Rooster wrote:

while not quite harpsichord, Kerry Minnear of Gentle Giant made great use of the Clavinet


He also sometimes used the real Harpsichord!

(For example: In a Glass House, Title Track, where in several parts he doubles the bassline with the harpsichord).


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Points: 6898 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 17 2007 at 15:20
Yeah! I forgot Van der Linden played harpsicord on that album. Got to dig it out.
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I found lots of good harpsichord playin' in these albums:

- Dr. Z - "Three Parts to My Soul"
- Jacula - "Tardo Pede in Magiam Versus"
- Gracious - "Gracious!"
- Trace - "Birds"
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Points: 40 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 15 2007 at 17:38
Isn't it harpsichord on Jack-A-Lynn  - a lovely Jethro Tull track on some of the greatest hits?
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Points: 6898 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 15 2007 at 16:41
But you`ll notice they`re all unaccompanied except for the short intro at the beginning of Hamburger Concerto and Britannia off Tabernakel. I read a couple of articles back in the seventies and he said that it was hard to keep in tune which is why he only played brief unaccompanied lute sections while touring with Focus in the seventies. 
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Points: 7003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 14 2007 at 17:43
Jan Akkerman has played a lot of lute on his solo albums, starting with Profile.
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Points: 207 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 14 2007 at 17:31
Emerson plays harpsichord on The Nice's first album, The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack. At least, it says so according its page on this site; I've never heard that album. 
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Points: 12818 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 14 2007 at 05:35
Originally posted by explodingjosh explodingjosh wrote:

[QUOTE=Dick Heath]We were here about a month ago wrt the harpsichord:
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=36512&KW=harpsichord

Newbies and others are recommended to use the local search engine, since many subjects have been covered since the founding of PA.  I believe it is better to concentrate insights, info etc. on a subject to a single thread if possible , i.e. have some form of knowledge base concentrated at one place, rather than having it spread  and  the risk  of missing something that might be useful.


hey dick, do you go up to people in public and tell them to stop having their conversation because the topics are already covered on wikipedia, or because you had that same conversation with a friend a month ago and that they shouldve been there to hear it?
...i hope not (maybe you do)
 
For goodness sake, read what I wrote with care, because I do believe you miss the point. In fact it is an invitation to add your insights to a single thread, NOT TO STOP ANY FORM OF DISCUSSION, for the reasons given! What was written up a month ago on PA is still on public record (and indeed many threads date from much earlier), and can be read and can be added to. Let's concentrate the information not dilute it. 
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Points: 7113 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 14 2007 at 02:23
Damn, all the Tull has been taken...unless there's some in the single "Strip Cartoon" that was tacked onto Too Old, but I could be remembering wrong.
 
Still, I can plug Keith Emerson's use of the harpsy-cord on ELP's first studio album.
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Points: 35 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 14 2007 at 02:10
Pain of Salvation's 12: 5 has some harpsichord.
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