The Bazantar
What do you get when you mix an upright bass with a sitar? The Bazantar, of course.
Here, Mark Deutsch plays his instrument and explains the creation of it.
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Most appropriate mutation of the bass instrument I have ever seen. what a beautiful emotive sound
WOW!!! Simply Amazing!!!
That is really something. More than just a little bit of planning. It’s actually quite symbiotic to have the two systems together working like that. The tonal qualities are very cool with the sitar coming through. Very beautiful sound, very organic.
[…] Deutsch and Parran are both classically trained improvisers, with Parran playing the contralto clarinet. Deutsch performs on his Bazantar, a heavily modified version of a double bass. It has six strings with 29 sympathetic strings (similar to a sitar) and four drone strings. This results in a range of over six octaves for the melodic portion and five octaves for the sympathetic range. (Get a quick look at the instrument.) […]