3rd bridge
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The 3rd bridge is an extended playing technique used on the electric guitar and other string instruments that allows a musician to produce distinctive timbres and overtones that are unavailable on a c
Yuri Landman's Home Swinger, 12 string 3rd bridge zither
Landman's 2006 Moodswinger, a 12 string overtone zither.
Glenn Branca
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Glenn Branca was an American avant-garde composer, guitarist, and luthier. Known for his use of volume, alternative guitar tunings, repetition, droning, and the harmonic series, he was a driving force
3rd bridge
…that continue from the "standard" bridge to the vibrato mechanism). Perhaps the best-known examples of this technique come from No Wave artists like Glenn Branca and Sonic Youth. The 3rd-bridge technique has a physical connection with Pythagoras' monochord, because both function with the scale of harmonics. Many…
Branca performing at Hallwalls (circa 1980)
The Static, Theoretical Record (1979) produced by Dan Graham
One of the many custom instruments created by Branca
The Glenn Branca Ensemble performing Symphony No. 4 Physics in Europe 1983. Featuring some of the custom made instruments