Carillon

Performance with guitar-cymbals

Duration circa 20min

Carillon is an improvised performance characterised by the sound of a "guitar-cymbal." This hybrid instrument is constructed by playing the sound of an electric guitar through a small speaker resting on the edge of a cymbal. The guitar strings are tuned to the cymbal and a contact microphone clipped onto the edge of the cymbal picks up the resulting sound. The performers employ a range of implements such as violin bows, metal rods, copper wire and paintbrushes to excite the guitar strings and explore different accents in the sound.

Performed by Dawn Scarfe and Mel Gough.