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RE: [newmellotrongroup] Re: The Word / OM

2008-07-15 by Hessel Herder

Hi Owen

Have you been able to discern and more or less recreate what Pinder is playing in “The Word” or do you know if there’s a

version out there with just the tron part?

From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of thinkingalouduk
Sent: dinsdag 15 juli 2008 10:28
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: The Word / OM

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Bruce Daily <pocotron@...> wrote:

>
> Or are you talking about the 'tron in "Om"? That mystifies
me, too.
> Maybe it's 3-violins with a bass organ.

(Coming in hours later as usual...)

I think that the deepest sound you're hearing on the E-B-E bits might be (shock horror) a
real Double Bass (bowed). There's a strong bow-sound ahead of the last but one occurrence.
... Although the 3 violins sound like they're half-speed ...

Moodies used real cellos and d-bass occasionally back then. Bass flute can be heard on
other recordings too.

O

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