{"id":694141,"date":"2025-10-10T22:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T19:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ellen-fullmans-elemental-view-a-100-stringed-instrument-creates-endless-possibilities\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T22:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T19:45:13","slug":"ellen-fullmans-elemental-view-a-100-stringed-instrument-creates-endless-possibilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ellen-fullmans-elemental-view-a-100-stringed-instrument-creates-endless-possibilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellen Fullman\u2019s Elemental View: a 100-stringed instrument creates endless possibilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d5cbe9cb54\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span 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aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ellen-fullmans-elemental-view-a-100-stringed-instrument-creates-endless-possibilities\/#Fullmans_unprecedented_compositions_feel_more_like_magic_than_science\" >Fullman\u2019s unprecedented compositions feel more like magic than science.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fullmans_unprecedented_compositions_feel_more_like_magic_than_science\"><\/span>Fullman\u2019s unprecedented compositions feel more like magic than science.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-274820\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ElementalView_TheresaWong_1_znwaig\/ellen-fullman-elemental-view-review.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ElementalView_TheresaWong_1_znwaig\/ellen-fullman-elemental-view-review.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ElementalView_TheresaWong_1_znwaig\/ellen-fullman-elemental-view-review.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ElementalView_TheresaWong_1_znwaig\/ellen-fullman-elemental-view-review.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ElementalView_TheresaWong_1_znwaig\/ellen-fullman-elemental-view-review.jpg 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1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ElementalView_TheresaWong_1_znwaig\/ellen-fullman-elemental-view-review.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"60vw\" alt=\"Ellen Fullman\u2019s &lt;i&gt;Elemental View&lt;\/i&gt;: a 100-stringed instrument creates endless possibilities\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-274817\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ellenmfullman\/?hl=en\">Ellen Fullman<\/a>\u2019s long-string instrument is the stuff of legend. Developed in the early \u201980s, it consists of roughly 100 90-foot strings and is <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly played by walking the length of said strings, rubbing them with rosin-coated fingers. The experience of hearing it in person has been compared to standing inside a gargantuan grand piano.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            For her latest album <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/ellenfullman.bandcamp.com\/album\/elemental-view\">Elemental View<\/a><\/i> \u2014 a live recording of a collaborative installation with Travis Andrews and Andy Meyerson\u2019s Living Earth Show \u2014 she developed new <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roaches to her invention, using novel devices that allow her to play three (the box bow), six (the shovelette), and nine (the shoveler) strings at once, thus achieving unprecedented sounds with the instrument.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <i>Elemental View<\/i> is a six-part suite, each movement showcasing a different approach to the long-string instrument. On \u201cEnvironmental Memory\u201d and \u201cConcentrated Merry-Go-Round,\u201d for instance, Fullman and Meyerson play it using the shoveler and box bow, alongside Andrews on guitar. With these new techniques, they\u2019re able to add percussive possibilities to the instrument that&#8217;s traditionally been used to generate colossal drones. Meyerson brings another rhythmic element to \u201cSurface Narrative in Four Parts,\u201d stirring a hammered Persian dulcimer called the santur into the mix.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Each of the six pieces that comprise <i>Elemental View<\/i> is self-contained, but the album is best experienced as a singular, flowing work. Only by listening to this 37-minute masterpiece in one go can one appreciate the breadth of sounds that Fullman has learned to make with her long-string instrument in the 40-odd years since she created it. The process of creating these sounds is based on a deep understanding of acoustic physics \u2014 overtone <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>, just intonation, fundamental transverse waves \u2014 but taking in the fruits of Fullman\u2019s labor feels more like magic than <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-274818\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *;\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"450\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.music.apple.com\/us\/album\/elemental-view-feat-the-living-earth-show\/1837337635\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-274819\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7h8ewXSFFUBI9ckZwDV7NB?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Raphael Helfand<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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