Strings?

[FreddieMercury]

This has probably been discussed before, but how does everyone feel about the synthesized strings in alot of Opeth's songs? Personally I feel like I'd rather hear real strings rather than the synth ones... Dont get me wrong i dont want a full orchestra (although i think an orchestral Opeth album would kick ass) because i know the stigma that comes from bands that use orchestras, but just a small string section. Its just that in some of the songs that really use the synth alot like near the end of Reverie/Harlequinn Forest Im almost totally focused on the synths and it gets distracting because it could never sound as real as real strings.

 

[Weakness]

I have nothing to say.

 

[LightningLixxx]

I think the "strings" you're talking about at the end of Reverie/Harlequin Forest are actually guitars.
Maybe you're talking about the mellotron sounds? I personally like them when used sparingly.

 

[dcat]

Mike uses an Ebow here n there in his awesome compositions.

 

[King Richard]

This has probably been discussed before, but how does everyone feel about the synthesized strings in alot of Opeth's songs? Personally I feel like I'd rather hear real strings rather than the synth ones... Dont get me wrong i dont want a full orchestra (although i think an orchestral Opeth album would kick ass) because i know the stigma that comes from bands that use orchestras, but just a small string section. Its just that in some of the songs that really use the synth alot like near the end of Reverie/Harlequinn Forest Im almost totally focused on the synths and it gets distracting because it could never sound as real as real strings.

are you sure you aren't the real freddie mercury?

 

[Serhan_pnr]

no comments..

 

[tchocky]

I think dcat got it. It's either an ebow or violining, either way it's a guitar.

 

[FRUGiHOYi]

I don't know how someone could mistake those guitars at the end of Harlequin as synth...

 

[FreddieMercury]

Wow i completely put the wrong song in there, but you know what i mean more like whats at the beginning of Beneath the Mire and the end of Grand Conjuration and in alot of places on Damnation.

 

[LightningLixxx]

Mellotron.

 

[Nichtsicher]

Opeth dont need more instruments.

 

[FRUGiHOYi]

Wow i completely put the wrong song in there, but you know what i mean more like whats at the beginning of Beneath the Mire and the end of Grand Conjuration and in alot of places on Damnation.

Oh okay, well that's keyboard, but I don't think it's supposed to sound like strings...

 

[Led Opeth]

Sitar FTW

 

[soundave]

Yeah, it's not meant to be strings. It's (among other things) mellotron, which is a distinctive sound. Mike doesn't want it to sound like he's playing with a string quartet or orchestra. He wants it to sound like his prog faves. And it does, imo.

Would Opeth sound good with actual strings? Probably. Opeth would sound good accompanied by a kazoo.

 

[tchocky]

Would Opeth sound good with actual strings? Probably.

Personally I think an orchestra in an Opeth song would sound horrible and just get in the way, though maybe just a single cello or even violin (like early My Dying Bride) might be all right.

 

[LightningLixxx]

Opeth could stop playing their instruments completely and sound better than a lot of bands.

 

[Serhan_pnr]

they already sound better then a lot of bands..