Music with harp, hammered dulcimer, flute...? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Two of my favourite albums from this year are harp albums.

https://theprogressiveaspect.net/blog/2020/10/23/adenine-adenine-mary-lattimore-silver-ladders/

I was smitten when I heard the lead single, Smirr, from Adenine’s debut album. And then at almost the same time that album was released, so was Mary Lattimore’s rather good album.

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Sorry for the radio silence, moving house can take it out of you! But thanks so much for the suggestions, I have included many of them. Still working on Harp, Double Bass and Saxophone before I feel like there is enough material to go public. I also have a fledgeling Bagpipe playlist, but not got far with that yet.

Strings: FLAIRCK! Aranis, After Crying, iamthemorning,

Zithers: Alio Die

Double bass: anything with Danny Thompson

Hammered dulcimers: Jack O' The Clock

Harp: Art in America, Alan Stivell, Andreas Vollenweider

Flutes: Focus, Flairck, early Kotebel, Änglagård, Big Big Train

Drew Fisher
https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/

kenethlevine wrote:

John McCutcheon is quite a famous player of the hammered dulcimer.

But this is perhaps my favourite piece featuring the instrument, by a Quebecois group Orealis....stick around thru the whole track as the second part takes it to a whole nuther level and is pretty proggy actually

Great pick! It's in. I'm trying not to include straight-up folk since it's an instrument that isn't unusual in that context. But this is a fun spin on the genre. Thanks!

Try this. Delight for the ears, really.

John McCutcheon is quite a famous player of the hammered dulcimer.

But this is perhaps my favourite piece featuring the instrument, by a Quebecois group Orealis....stick around thru the whole track as the second part takes it to a whole nuther level and is pretty proggy actually

Edited by kenethlevine - October 13 2020 at 17:58

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone! Chopper, which Gryphon track would you say showcases such instruments especially well? I don't know their material well enough myself but will have an explore.

Some very old Elton John songs features harp and flute. "I need you to turn to" The Greatest Discovery" and "Come Down in time"

Hi all! I was previously a very active member of the forum, before life got too damn busy. But I thought this would be the perfect place to come back to for some tips!

I am putting together Spotify playlists that showcase the following:

Harp

Hammered Dulcimer

Flute (I have bent my own rule a little and added a dash of recorder)

Double Bass (or upright bass)

Strings (can be just one violin, or a quartet, or electric violin, or whatever!)

Saxophone

I'm trying to showcase how these instruments can be used in popular and contemporary music. So I'm not generally adding classical, folk or jazz that would ordinarily have these instruments in (but, for example, jazz with hammered dulcimer would be fine because who's heard that before?).

So I turn to you! Tracks don't have to be prog, it doesn't have to be an instrument the band always uses, and yes, it *can* be your own band/project!

Here is the strings one so far to get a taste of what I'm looking for. If you're too shy to post here, email it to [email protected].

I mostly want to showcase less common instruments to explore the possibilities outside the standard band setup. But I am, of course, also showcasing my own band Wink

We are called Tape Runs Out and use hammered dulcimer, violin, and sometimes electric double bass.