yeah...an open hole, wooden Irish-type is how I always understood
that incredible sound...also I can't help but trying to tax this old
hippie brain in thinking back I read somewhere that it was Charles
Lloyd who played it (from Sloop John B and Specters Wall of Sound
studio gang...sounds like something he would play). If ya can find
it ...listen to his contribution to "Almost Summer" soundtrack...he
did the similar pitch bend and I know IT was Irish Flute...(wooden
and open holes)I think Owen nailed it close.
Lee
--- In
Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "thinkingalouduk" <owen@...>
wrote:
>
> Sounds like an open-hole flute (as opposed to the more usual closed-
hole pads) - open
> holes let most woodwind instruments vary the pitch as can be heard
in that track (and a
> couple of other M&P songs). You can get a little bit of pitch bend
on a metal flute by shifting
> the mouthpiece and overblowing, but not with any significant
musical value!
>
> Owen
>
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> --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "jonesalley" <jonesalley@>
wrote:
> >
> > I heard "California Dreaming" by the Mamas and the Papas for the
first time ages and ages,
> > and was suddenly struck by the 'tronnish sound of the flute solo,
and particularly the very
> > unflutelike pitch bending towards the end. Anybody know?
> >
>