"Six String Sonics, The" are an avant-garde band from Japan. "Six String Sonics, The" is about reinventing the guitar. Stringed instruments have a history of over 5000 years, and the modern day six-string guitar has a 250 year history. Despite the fact that society has latched on to this design for so long, its design is flawed, as it binds the player to chords and melodies that he/she can easily reach with one hand - a hindrance to creativity. Conventional six-string guitars organize chords acc...
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"Six String Sonics, The" are an avant-garde band from Japan. "Six String Sonics, The" is about reinventing the guitar. Stringed instruments have a history of over 5000 years, and the modern day six-string guitar has a 250 year history. Despite the fact that society has latched on to this design for so long, its design is flawed, as it binds the player to chords and melodies that he/she can easily reach with one hand - a hindrance to creativity. Conventional six-string guitars organize chords according to ergonomic efficiency, thereby hindering the exploration of other string combinations. We created "Six String Sonics, The" to rid the guitar of these limitations, and make room for more possibilities in composition. Instead of stringing one guitar with six strings, we have created six single string guitars to be played collaboratively by six individuals at the same time. The resulting compositions sound much more colorful than standard guitar music, as the group is capable of reaching many more chords and melodies. Additionally, the dynamics of the collaboration allows for new possibilities in compositional arrangement. With "Six String Sonics, The" we hope we can expand the six-string guitar's compositional vocabulary. MEMBERS TO DATE Gil Kuno (Unsound, Wiggle) Ken Takehisa (Kirihito, Group) Sasaki Hisashi (ex Jam Jack, ex Ruins) Ishikawa (Group) Tetsuro (Volume Dealers, ex UG Man) Murochin (Abnormals, Wiggle, Wrench) Eiichiro (ex Hellchild, Wiggle) Isobe (Abnormals) Numata (NLK) Matsui (D.M.B.Q.) Former Members cba (ex Surfers of Romantica) Takada Masako (Nisennenmondai) Skank (Nibrol, ex Seagull Screaming KHKH) Fujii (Music from the Mars) Sakamoto (Wrench) Ninomiya (Eastern Youth) Tani (ex UG Man) Nori (ex Nukey Pikes, Nightmare) Keisuke (Charm)
