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Bjørn Fongaard (1919 Oslo–1980 Oslo) was a guitarist and a composer. He studied at Oslo Conservatory of Music with Per Steenberg, Sigurd Islandsmoen, Bjarne Brustad and Karl Andersen. | Bjørn Fongaard (1919 Oslo–1980 Oslo) was a guitarist and a composer. He studied at Oslo Conservatory of Music with Per Steenberg, Sigurd Islandsmoen, Bjarne Brustad and Karl Andersen. | ||
| − | + | Fongaard remains famous for his specially designed 'micro-intervallic' guitar. Fitted with twice the normal number of frets, it enabled him to subdivide every note in the normal scale again, accessing all the harmonic colours of the quarter tone. But Fongaard was also a devotee of extended technique, using bows, felt and straws to prepare the strings, attaching tuning forks to the neck to ring in sympathy with certain notes, and playing it on a tabletop. (from [http://prismarecords.blogspot.no/2010/10/fongaard-review-in-wire.html The Wire review]) | |
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| + | * Bjørn Fongaard, ''Elektrofoni: Works For Micro Intervallic Guitar 1965-1978'', Prisma Records (PRISMA CD711), 3-CD & 5-DVD, 2010. [http://prismarecords.blogspot.com/2010/10/bjrn-fongaard-elektrofoni-3cd1dvd-box.html], [http://www.discogs.com/Bj%C3%B8rn-Fongaard-Elektrofoni-Works-For-Micro-Intervallic-Guitar-1965-1978/release/2488988]. [http://prismarecords.blogspot.no/2010/10/fongaard-review-in-wire.html The Wire review]. | ||
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Revision as of 20:56, 12 September 2013
Bjørn Fongaard (1919 Oslo–1980 Oslo) was a guitarist and a composer. He studied at Oslo Conservatory of Music with Per Steenberg, Sigurd Islandsmoen, Bjarne Brustad and Karl Andersen.
Fongaard remains famous for his specially designed 'micro-intervallic' guitar. Fitted with twice the normal number of frets, it enabled him to subdivide every note in the normal scale again, accessing all the harmonic colours of the quarter tone. But Fongaard was also a devotee of extended technique, using bows, felt and straws to prepare the strings, attaching tuning forks to the neck to ring in sympathy with certain notes, and playing it on a tabletop. (from The Wire review)
- Releases
- Bjørn Fongaard, Elektrofoni: Works For Micro Intervallic Guitar 1965-1978, Prisma Records (PRISMA CD711), 3-CD & 5-DVD, 2010. [1], [2]. The Wire review.
- See also
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