I got this CD by Vanessa Carlton and in it they just used an ordinary Orchestra without any electric guitars but they some how made the violins sound exactly like electric guitars.
How do you make a violin sound like an electric guitar?
2007-10-12 07:23:40 · 10 answers · asked by Lily R 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
I've never heard of that before. Thats really cool. I'm sorry but I don't know how to do that. You should look it up on google or something because I'm sure they'll have it.
2007-10-14 12:53:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's a stringed instrument in the hands of a highly talented violinist. I've heard violins sounding like birds chirping, gulls calling and, God help me, a humpback whale, so I don't think making it sound like an electric guitar is beyond the abilities of a talented player.
Unlike the majority of the responders thus far I don't think it's necessarily the case that it's been through a distortion pedal. A violin run through a distortion pedal would sound like a violin run through a distortion pedal, not a guitar.
2007-10-12 14:42:59 · answer #2 · answered by Beastie 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You must be confusing the sound of a string orchestra playing pizzicato with the sound of a guitar. Those of us who play both violin and guitar can easily tell the difference.
2007-10-12 14:30:12 · answer #3 · answered by Denise T 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what type of violin you are using. If you have a normal violin, it's impossible, unless you have many violin friends who are willing to play in pizzicato with you. You also have the option of purchasing an electric violin, though they are rather pricey.
2007-10-12 14:34:18 · answer #4 · answered by Angel of Music 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look up Ed Alleyne Johnson on Youtube
2007-10-12 14:28:23 · answer #5 · answered by Johnny 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Plug it in!
There are various pedals you can use ~ Eileen Ivers is a great violinist / electric violinist.
As are members of Bond, and the group Rondo Veneziano.
2007-10-12 14:27:57 · answer #6 · answered by Lady Silver Rose * Wolf 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In the studio anything is possible I bet you when they play it live its with Electric guitars.
2007-10-12 15:13:55 · answer #7 · answered by Thekunt DAS ORIGINAL 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
With a distortion pedal.
2007-10-12 14:27:27 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They can do all kinds of things with amplifiers and synthesizers.
2007-10-12 14:28:01 · answer #9 · answered by drshorty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You don't. Check your hearing with your doctor...
2007-10-12 14:26:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋