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Graham Peter Hall, generally known as GP Hall (born 15 July 1943, Hampton Hill, London, UK)〔GP Hall entry in ''International Who's Who in Popular Music, Volume 4'', page 212 (published by Routledge, 2002) -also viewable via (Books )〕 is an English guitarist, composer and improviser fusing and mixing both traditional and avant-garde styles. He is also known for having invented the musical genre known as 'Industrial Sound Sculptures'.〔(GP Hall entry at All About Jazz ), retrieved 28 October 2008〕 ==Musical style and techniques== Hall's music draws on classical, rock, jazz, flamenco, folk and blues styles as well as free music, electronic noise and "found" instrumentation.〔("Gig Reviews - G.P. Hall, John Lloyd, Jon Leadbeater, Rob Palmer" on BH One (Bournemouth Music Site) )〕 He uses slide and fingerpicking techniques but also plays (or prepares) his guitars with various found implements such as crocodile clips, palette knives, velcro strips, an antique psaltery bow, wind-up toy cars and others in order to create a variety of different sounds and attacks.〔〔(Description of Industrial Sound Sculpture on Techniques page of GP Hall website ), retrieved 28 October 2008〕〔(''Sound on Sound Magazine'' feature on GP Hall by Mark Prendergast in ''Sound On Sound'' magazine, April 1989 ) (hosted on GP Hall's homepage), accessed 3 May 2009〕 Hall uses a variety of treatments and electronic effects pedals to further process his guitar output, and sometimes incorporates radio broadcasts into his ensemble sound. Some of Hall's techniques resemble those of avant-garde guitarists Fred Frith and Keith Rowe who also play guitar with found implements, experiment with sound-sourcing and textural manipulation, and (in the case of Rowe) incorporate radio broadcasts into their work. However, Hall's approach is less orientated towards free jazz and the formal avant-garde and tends to be more melodic, serving a tune or the background setting of a melody. Unlike Rowe, who generally plays or manipulates his guitar with the instrument lying flat on a table, Hall performs using the standard playing position, although like Frith he has been known to lay his guitar down flat (in particular when using the wind-up toy cars).〔 Hall refers to one of his main playing approaches as "Industrial Sound-Sculpture". This involves creating a highly detailed and layered impressionistic sound piece by layering and/or looping guitar sounds and signals created by a variety of standard and non-standard methods. The sound-sculptures can be melodic, amelodic or both.〔 Although his electric and electronic playing gains the most attention at concerts, Hall is also known for his particular virtuosity as an acoustic guitarist (on both steel-strung and gut/nylon strung instruments). He is an expert flamenco guitarist, and an accomplished classical-style player. He also plays a customised Shergold six-string bass guitar featuring a half-fretted, half-fretless fretboard (and has been known to play it using flamenco techniques). Hall has been known to dabble in playing other instruments such as double bass, piano, soprano saxophone and varied percussion, mostly for the sake of their timbral qualities. More recently, he has taken up singing (in order to perform his own original folk songs). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「GP Hall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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