Goodall uses its ethereal sounds to evoke the mystery of the woods. The waterphone is used to great effect in Howard Goodall's The Dreaming, a musical commissioned by The National Youth Music Theatre of Great Britain, based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. ![]() His ensemble, The Robert Minden Ensemble, formed with daughters Andrea and Dewi Minden and colleagues Carla Hallett and Nancy Walker in 1986, features the waterphone as a central instrument within their 'found object' orchestra. Classical/rock crossover percussionist Tristan Fry of the fusion band Sky used a waterphone on the band's composition 'Meeheeco' (the original version is on 1981's Sky 3, although the instrument can be heard much more prominently on the live version from Sky Five Live).Ĭanadian musician and composer, Robert Minden, has been composing for his collection of five vintage waterphones on many recordings since the mid-1980s. Other users include Richard Barone (both solo and with The Bongos) and Alex Wong (when playing with Vienna Teng), and it can be heard in music by The Harmonica Pocket. Tom Waits is a waterphone collector and player as is Mickey Hart. The instrument has also been used prominently by rock musicians. Contemporary classical composers who have written parts for waterphone in compositions include Sofia Gubaidulina, Jerry Goldsmith, John Mackey, Christopher Rouse, Colin Matthews, John Woolrich, Carson Cooman, Andi Spicer, Ludovico Einaudi, Andrew Carter, Jörg Widmann, Bernie Krause of Beaver & Krause, and Todd Barton. Over recent decades the waterphone has become popular with symphonies, touring bands, and recording studios. The waterphone has been exhibited in museums and galleries and is the subject of several short documentaries including "Art Notes," aired on public television in San Francisco, and "Celestial Wave," a movie short. Use Percussionist Alex Wong bowing a Standard waterphone It is also related to the nail violin, which also used a resonator and rods (nails), and is struck or bowed. The waterphone is a modern invention influenced by a Tibetan drum-encountered by the inventor in the early sixties-containing a small amount of water affecting its timbre. A superball mallet has become the prime way of drumming the waterphone. ![]() The sound of the waterphone is often used to evoke mystery and suspense. This combines the resonant characteristics of the bowl and rods in combination with the movement of the water. ![]() It is generally played in a seated position by a soloist and either bowed or drummed, played as a friction or struck idiophone, with movements to affect the water inside. The waterphone was available in four sizes: the Standard (7" diameter), the Whaler (12" diameter), the Bass (14" diameter) and the MegaBass (16" diameter). The instrument was invented, developed and manufactured by American Richard Waters (1935–2013). The resonator may contain a small amount of water giving the waterphone a vibrant ethereal sound that has appeared in movie soundtracks, record albums, and live performances. ![]() Type of atonal acoustic musical instrument Musician Thomas Bloch playing the waterphone, 19 September 2009 at the Mittersheim pond, FranceĪ waterphone (also ocean harp) is a type of inharmonic acoustic tuned idiophone consisting of a stainless steel resonator bowl or pan with a cylindrical neck and bronze rods of different lengths and diameters around the rim of the bowl.
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