@Percussion 314 - Playing The Cimbalom with Nicholas Tolle

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Hosts: Karli Viña, Ben Charles, Ksenija Komljenović, and Caleb Pickering Producer: Karli Viña Guest: Nicholas Tolle https://www.nicholastolle.com/

Watch here  Listen below  0:00 Intro and Hello 1:19 Today in History: Gloria Estefan receives her star on the Walk of Fame 5:56 Welcome, Nick! 6:49 How did you get started playing cimbalom? 10:30 How did you acquire your cimbaloms? What kind of prices do they go for? 13:23 Hammered dulcimer vs. cimbalom, string layout on cimbalom: https://www.nicholastolle.com/compose... 16:28 Hary Janos 19:38 What are some strengths and limitations of the cimbalom? 20:55 Cimbalom mallets 22:34 Reading music on cimbalom, other musical skills 29:07 Cimbalom career highlights 33:16 Moving the cimbalom and other common audience questions 35:47 Percussion repertoire without percussion instruments (including this: https://youtu.be/n1NOAiy2sZ8) 39:45 Nick’s path as a musician 44:29 Lost and Found by Frederic Rzewski (http://icking-music-archive.org/score...) 47:02 Nick’s performing schedule 50:09 Ludovico Ensemble (https://www.ludovicoensemble.org/) 54:16 Nick’s freelancing advice 57:24 Nick’s next projects