{"id":4893,"date":"2016-09-22T07:05:57","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T07:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harpblog.info\/?p=4893"},"modified":"2017-06-29T08:33:34","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T08:33:34","slug":"eduardo-betancourt-ad-libitum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/news\/eduardo-betancourt-ad-libitum\/","title":{"rendered":"Eduardo Betancourt: Ad Libitum"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ad<\/a>Speaking of our llanera harps<\/a> – Eduardo Betancourt<\/a> has had a great launch of his album Ad Libitum<\/a>. It took place at the BOD\u00a0Cultural\u00a0Center in Caracas on June 30th, supported by Guataca Productions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ad Libitum is Eduardo’s first album and we are very proud that it’s been recorded on both our llanera models: our acoustic E C Llanera<\/a>, and our EL electric llanera<\/a>. In the album, Eduardo capitalises on the luthery work we did with\u00a0Edmar Castaneda. Edmar wanted to add levers to the traditional llanera build – making much faster chromatic shifts possible, and allowing artists to explore and fuse a much wider range of styles. \u201cThese harps are a real breakthrough\u201d, says Eduardo. \u201cYou can modulate without having to retune, or change pitches approximately by stopping the base of the string with your finger (which is what is done with the traditional llanera). I honestly think anything is possible now, I can play whatever I want. Not reggae, because I don’t like\u00a0reggae,\u00a0but that\u2019s a personal reason – it\u2019s not because it\u2019s not possible.\u201d\u00a0Ad Libitum<\/a> experiments with traditional llanera forms such as joropo, but also\u00a0\u00a0includes interpretations of other genres that are not commonly so associated with the instrument – for example,\u00a0zuliana dances, Venezuelan meringues, New Wave, fusion, dance and electronic music.<\/p>\n

Nine out of the eleven tracks are entirely Eduardo’s own compositions, and they feature a wonderful lineup<\/a> of special guests – including\u00a0a duet with none other than Edmar Castaneda<\/a> himself. There is even a Camac Dance, a dance track. We’re pretty\u00a0overwhelmed to be part of this fantastic album in this way.<\/p>\n

Ad Libitum is widely available from\u00a0iTunes, iChamo, Spotify, CD Baby, Amazon…and of course, the Camac e-boutique<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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