Bigs Quote by Mahan Esfahani Download Open image “Well, harpsichord is kind of a big guitar, isn't it? I mean, it is plucked, after all.” — Mahan Esfahani ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Big Guitar Bigs Guitar Guitar Isn Harpsichord Harpsichord Kind Kind Mean Plucked Song Wells
I mean to me, the harpsichord has a huge dynamic range. And I always say to people, come and listen to it. You know,… — Mahan Esfahani Copy Share Image
I don't use the harpsichord because it evokes a past time period: I use it because I like the sound. — Julia Holter Copy Share Image
The simple act of sitting down and playing something enormously complex and spiritually uplifting on a harpsichord just bores kids to tears. There's no… — David Ogden Stiers Copy Share Image
I don't try to make the guitar sound like the harpsichord or lute. That makes you end up being like a bad copy. — David Russell Copy Share Image
The harpsichord was actually ideologically considered a very questionable instrument in that period, much like I think it's ideologically considered suspect today in some… — Mahan Esfahani Copy Share Image
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I think I was drawn to the harpsichord because of the similarity of touch between the harpsichord and the tracker organ. When you press… — Barbara Harbach Copy Share Image
As long as there's a place for sundials and gardening and beautiful things, there's a place for the harpsichord. I completely reject the idea… — Mahan Esfahani Copy Share Image
Guitar is great for a certain thing, but a piano is so much more expansive. — Mick Ralphs Copy Share Image
Well, within a phrase. And with a series of phrases, you can certainly create the effect of diminuendo and crescendo, no question. — Mahan Esfahani Copy Share Image
I mean to me, the harpsichord has a huge dynamic range. And I always say to people, come and listen to it. You know,… — Mahan Esfahani Copy Share Image
And it totally has transformed my relationship with someone like, say, Bach. You know, Bach is born 330 years ago but, you know, gosh,… — Mahan Esfahani Copy Share Image
Gorecki, you know, there's a kind of personal thing there for me. I had, you know, kind of become obsessed with that sort of… — Mahan Esfahani Copy Share Image
When I say that there's commonality, I mean more in terms of the sort of techniques by which we perceive Baroque and minimalist music… — Mahan Esfahani Copy Share Image
The harpsichord was actually ideologically considered a very questionable instrument in that period, much like I think it's ideologically considered suspect today in some… — Mahan Esfahani Copy Share Image
I think, you know, for someone who does play, let's say, old music or, you know, Baroque music or Renaissance music - and you… — Mahan Esfahani Copy Share Image
I think in Baroque music, especially in the case of Bach, what really transformed Bach's musical language, what changed it for him was hearing… — Mahan Esfahani Copy Share Image
One of the tracks that I have is Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - by the way, that's Bach's second son - Emanuel Bach's variations… — Mahan Esfahani Copy Share Image
As long as there's a place for sundials and gardening and beautiful things, there's a place for the harpsichord. I completely reject the idea… — Mahan Esfahani Copy Share Image
Bach, of course, was my first love. He still is. I mean, he's the man of my life, that's for sure. And when I… — Mahan Esfahani Copy Share Image
I played piano. I've always liked piano. My father played piano. Actually, to be fair, the sound of the harpsichord did annoy him a… — Mahan Esfahani Copy Share Image
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