From Mud to Music
Beautiful to See, Ethereal to HearFrom Mud to Musicincludes a CD with 43 tracks of music, all performed on clay musical instruments featured in the book. So you not only get the opportunity to see the variety of shapes of these clay instruments, you get to hear them in action. Imagine: Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" on ocarina - well, actually - ocarina ensemble. Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Suite" on a ceramic organ. But those are just familiar pieces played on instruments you've most likely seen or heard before. What about the others? Imagine the sounds of...DNA Huaca by Rafael Bejarano:Rafael's huaca is a three-chambered ocarina with F# and C# set as the fundamental tones. Why? Because biologists measuring the frequency of human DNA found that our cells resonate at those notes.Ceramic Didjeridu by Barry Hall:Musician Stephen Kent brings the ancient sound of the Aborigines into a contemporary context.Triple Pipe by Susan Rawcliffe:Three pipes merge into a single mouthpiece, giving the player a variety of voices.Naggara Drums by Ken Lovelett:Foot-operated bellows alter the pitch of five ceramic drum heads.Jaltarang by Stephen Freedman:26 porcelain bowls arranged in a seven-foot circle.Bassoon Drum by Dag Sorensen:A clay interpretation of a road pipe.--Sumi von Dassow,Pottery Making Illustrated<br /><br />Just Fabulous! Wonderful photos, MANY wonderful photos. The making demos, maker profiles, the CD are all more than I could have imagined. --Karen D. from MissouriJust Fabulous! Wonderful photos, MANY wonderful photos. The making demos, maker profiles, the CD are all more than I could have imagined. --Karen D. from Missouri