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The Campanula
A new tool
A vision
Lecture on 13.5.2014
Dear Rotarian friends,
A new instrument lies before us.
It has emerged from a tradition of string instruments.
Which itself uses many hundreds of years of development
Which then took place in the instruments of Stradivari and Guaneri
Reached its climax.
This highlight has now been 300 years. Since-
The instruments have been highly cultivated on larger ones
Sound, more power, more pressure. The violin makers of the 19th and
20th century were and are basically glad that they were on
A rich treasure of experiences of violin building tradition
Can have recourse and have the form of the instruments
Nothing changed.
The Campanula, the instrument, which was now before us,
They are designed and designed by a German violin maker
Who never visited a violin school.
His name is Helmut Bleffert, and he lives far from the noise
The big cities in a small village in the Eifel.
Instead of the violin school, he had one in the 80s
Vision. He saw the fusion of the Sarangi, an in-
String instrument with resonance strings and the classical
European stringed instrument.
Helmut Bleffert contributed all this to himself, both
To develop the instrument, to build it, as well then it too
play. Because he gave the instrument the shape of a bell,
He called it after the bell-flower: Campanula.
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It is played with the same technique as the classical one
String instruments. There are also Campanula-Gigen and Cam-
Panula violets. After almost 20 years of development and maturity
The Campanula family has in my opinion one
Stable and promising basis to the public
Music life a place.
The special feature of the Campanula are therefore up to 16 additional
Resonance strings, which now create a new sound space.
Each actively played sound on the 4 playing strings produces a co-
Vibrate the resonance strings, which are related to the played
Mix the sound.
Since the resonance strings also double themselves,
We have a multiple of the overtone spectrum.
The new sound is thus decisively influenced by two factors:
True: from the resonance of the additional strings and the
Resulting in duplicated overtones. These two
Phenomena give a special magic.
Why?
As human beings we are hungry for resonance,
For us, nanz is like an acoustic and mental mirror, the
Extended ourselves. In English, resonance strings are also used
Sympathetic strings, so sympathetic strings.
Certainly you have learned from the theory of our elementary physics.
Hearing or reading, according to which the primordial matter of matter is
But so-called strings, strings. After
Mathematically proven string theory would be the
Universe is a huge, innumerable collection of reso-
Singing or non - resonating tiny vibrating
Strings. If this theory proved to be correct,
It would resonate with the Indian creation-
myth. There it is said: Nada Brahma, which translates as: the
The world is sound.
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The search for resonance is a primal need of man. It
Is often examined and confirmed that the cave people
In the South of France, almost 100,000 years ago,
Famous murals painted exactly where the
The cave had the most lively and strongest resonance. Here
Thus, cultic acts took place at these places, and the
People with their voices could
Of the cave above itself, and with itself
The animal shown on the wall.
The phenomenon of overtones was already present by Phytagoras
About 2,500 years ago. In principle this is
Theory to date unchanged. In short, the
Overtones the brilliance and the color of a sound. The natural
Are like vitamins, they are a food for un-
And our ears, and our hearing, and our hearing
Whole nervous system.
Due to the lively resonance and diversity of the Obertö
Our instrument here, the Campanula, has a strong one
Reference to a kind of primordial sound. Phytagoras had the reputation of being
Sound of the universe, which is called "music of the
Spheres ". Today, we also
Nem spherical sound, if we have a sound as special
Transparent.
One could say that the Campanula has a relation to the Sphä-
Tory.
For me it combines the sound of many sound traditions, and
Thus giving the player a wide range of
Tions.
By the resonance strings, the player gets like
The listener has a second and third sound plane, which is a listening in
The depth of space. Not only playing the player
But also the hearing of the listener.
The sound gets a new room, but also an additional one
Time. By resonating the resonance strings
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Additional timelines. These perceptions
A special mindfulness and so it comes to a
Deceleration of the player, and thus of the listener.
Through these effects the player is called by the timing
To play differently than on the classical instrument. fol-
The Campanula, according to its own new composi-
In particular, the Campanula offers the ideal
For a quasi-intuitive improvisation, a play-
From the moment of space, time and sound.
stands.
Until the beginning of the 19th century, improvisation,
Or as it was then called, the "fantasizing" in the classic
Common form of making music. With the spread of the works
The great composers, who were more and more printed,
Lost the fantasizing. This state has still
Hold as we classical musicians to the works of the great
Composers stare at the snake like the rabbit.
The fantasizing or improvising is at German universities
For classical music instruments is not part of the training
In my opinion, is lacking in the dressage of music-
Students today the free artistic-creative share.
Here the Campanula can be found at least on the field of the
Instruments make a valuable contribution, the fantasizing
To bring back to life and thus the training of the music-
Students.
Over the past few decades, new music instruments have been
Essential electrical and electronic. Keyboards, synthesizers,
Guitars, electric violins and violoncellos. Everything is technical
Possible, just one not: the natural overtones can
Technically only to a limited extent.
Listening to the natural overtones is like the sun-
Not to replace the light, and thus, through the digitally
The sound of the mp3 and CD sound is a creeping impoverishment
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Of this hearing, without our lack of real knowledge
becomes.
So here we have a musical instrument that is following this trend
Almost shocking way. An instru-
Ment with subtle, delicate, sensitive sounds, with particular
Attention.
If this succeeds, the Campanula can
Tive layers of our being.
Sen.
Finally, I would like to inform you that some ro-
(Friends Knapp-Lohmann, friend Cramer,
Friend Lauer, friend Holz with your partners, friend Wagner
And others) founded a charitable organization with me
, The "Campanula Musica eV", which has set itself the goal
Has to promote the spread of Campanula, and above
Beyond improvising or fantasizing at the classical
To revive music colleges.
In the "Villa Campanula", which my partner and I in Tegel
, We organize annually for the members of the association 4
Concerts, which serve as a platform for young
In addition to the classical repertoire,
Fantasizing to try out.
If you would like to be interested in this club and the
Related activities, I would
very pleased.
The chairman of the association is Wolfgang Lohmann, treasurer
Is friend Lauer. The annual contribution is 80 euros.
Please send a short mail [email protected] ,
If I should send you more information.
Page 1
The Campanula
A new tool
A vision
Lecture on 13.5.2014
Dear Rotarian friends,
A new instrument lies before us.
It has emerged from a tradition of string instruments.
Which itself uses many hundreds of years of development
Which then took place in the instruments of Stradivari and Guaneri
Reached its climax.
This highlight has now been 300 years. Since-
The instruments have been highly cultivated on larger ones
Sound, more power, more pressure. The violin makers of the 19th and
20th century were and are basically glad that they were on
A rich treasure of experiences of violin building tradition
Can have recourse and have the form of the instruments
Nothing changed.
The Campanula, the instrument, which was now before us,
They are designed and designed by a German violin maker
Who never visited a violin school.
His name is Helmut Bleffert, and he lives far from the noise
The big cities in a small village in the Eifel.
Instead of the violin school, he had one in the 80s
Vision. He saw the fusion of the Sarangi, an in-
String instrument with resonance strings and the classical
European stringed instrument.
Helmut Bleffert contributed all this to himself, both
To develop the instrument, to build it, as well then it too
play. Because he gave the instrument the shape of a bell,
He called it after the bell-flower: Campanula.
Page 2
It is played with the same technique as the classical one
String instruments. There are also Campanula-Gigen and Cam-
Panula violets. After almost 20 years of development and maturity
The Campanula family has in my opinion one
Stable and promising basis to the public
Music life a place.
The special feature of the Campanula are therefore up to 16 additional
Resonance strings, which now create a new sound space.
Each actively played sound on the 4 playing strings produces a co-
Vibrate the resonance strings, which are related to the played
Mix the sound.
Since the resonance strings also double themselves,
We have a multiple of the overtone spectrum.
The new sound is thus decisively influenced by two factors:
True: from the resonance of the additional strings and the
Resulting in duplicated overtones. These two
Phenomena give a special magic.
Why?
As human beings we are hungry for resonance,
For us, nanz is like an acoustic and mental mirror, the
Extended ourselves. In English, resonance strings are also used
Sympathetic strings, so sympathetic strings.
Certainly you have learned from the theory of our elementary physics.
Hearing or reading, according to which the primordial matter of matter is
But so-called strings, strings. After
Mathematically proven string theory would be the
Universe is a huge, innumerable collection of reso-
Singing or non - resonating tiny vibrating
Strings. If this theory proved to be correct,
It would resonate with the Indian creation-
myth. There it is said: Nada Brahma, which translates as: the
The world is sound.
Page 3
The search for resonance is a primal need of man. It
Is often examined and confirmed that the cave people
In the South of France, almost 100,000 years ago,
Famous murals painted exactly where the
The cave had the most lively and strongest resonance. Here
Thus, cultic acts took place at these places, and the
People with their voices could
Of the cave above itself, and with itself
The animal shown on the wall.
The phenomenon of overtones was already present by Phytagoras
About 2,500 years ago. In principle this is
Theory to date unchanged. In short, the
Overtones the brilliance and the color of a sound. The natural
Are like vitamins, they are a food for un-
And our ears, and our hearing, and our hearing
Whole nervous system.
Due to the lively resonance and diversity of the Obertö
Our instrument here, the Campanula, has a strong one
Reference to a kind of primordial sound. Phytagoras had the reputation of being
Sound of the universe, which is called "music of the
Spheres ". Today, we also
Nem spherical sound, if we have a sound as special
Transparent.
One could say that the Campanula has a relation to the Sphä-
Tory.
For me it combines the sound of many sound traditions, and
Thus giving the player a wide range of
Tions.
By the resonance strings, the player gets like
The listener has a second and third sound plane, which is a listening in
The depth of space. Not only playing the player
But also the hearing of the listener.
The sound gets a new room, but also an additional one
Time. By resonating the resonance strings
Page 4
Additional timelines. These perceptions
A special mindfulness and so it comes to a
Deceleration of the player, and thus of the listener.
Through these effects the player is called by the timing
To play differently than on the classical instrument. fol-
The Campanula, according to its own new composi-
In particular, the Campanula offers the ideal
For a quasi-intuitive improvisation, a play-
From the moment of space, time and sound.
stands.
Until the beginning of the 19th century, improvisation,
Or as it was then called, the "fantasizing" in the classic
Common form of making music. With the spread of the works
The great composers, who were more and more printed,
Lost the fantasizing. This state has still
Hold as we classical musicians to the works of the great
Composers stare at the snake like the rabbit.
The fantasizing or improvising is at German universities
For classical music instruments is not part of the training
In my opinion, is lacking in the dressage of music-
Students today the free artistic-creative share.
Here the Campanula can be found at least on the field of the
Instruments make a valuable contribution, the fantasizing
To bring back to life and thus the training of the music-
Students.
Over the past few decades, new music instruments have been
Essential electrical and electronic. Keyboards, synthesizers,
Guitars, electric violins and violoncellos. Everything is technical
Possible, just one not: the natural overtones can
Technically only to a limited extent.
Listening to the natural overtones is like the sun-
Not to replace the light, and thus, through the digitally
The sound of the mp3 and CD sound is a creeping impoverishment
Page 5
Of this hearing, without our lack of real knowledge
becomes.
So here we have a musical instrument that is following this trend
Almost shocking way. An instru-
Ment with subtle, delicate, sensitive sounds, with particular
Attention.
If this succeeds, the Campanula can
Tive layers of our being.
Sen.
Finally, I would like to inform you that some ro-
(Friends Knapp-Lohmann, friend Cramer,
Friend Lauer, friend Holz with your partners, friend Wagner
And others) founded a charitable organization with me
, The "Campanula Musica eV", which has set itself the goal
Has to promote the spread of Campanula, and above
Beyond improvising or fantasizing at the classical
To revive music colleges.
In the "Villa Campanula", which my partner and I in Tegel
, We organize annually for the members of the association 4
Concerts, which serve as a platform for young
In addition to the classical repertoire,
Fantasizing to try out.
If you would like to be interested in this club and the
Related activities, I would
very pleased.
The chairman of the association is Wolfgang Lohmann, treasurer
Is friend Lauer. The annual contribution is 80 euros.
Please send a short mail [email protected] ,
If I should send you more information.
