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<\/code>We are told to find an edge that stands out from the crowd. For Francesca Simmons<\/a>, a classically-trained multi-instrumentalist, hers lay in the garden shed.<\/p>\n

To prepare for an interview at Oxfordshire-based Gifford\u2019s Circus<\/a> in 2009, Simmons learned the musical saw \u2013 an instrument famously played by Marlene Dietrich<\/a> in WW2. Today, she performs music on it from Welsh folk songs like Ar Hyd y Nos<\/a><\/em> to Elvis Presley\u2019s Love Me Tender<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy saw is a little larger than a garden saw and still has its teeth\u201d, she explains.<\/p>\n

Drawn by a bow, like a cello, Simmons says her saw has a certain range of notes and its tone is exceptionally pure.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt sounds so strange, but so natural; so mundane, but so special\u201d, she says.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are told to find an edge that stands out from the crowd. For Francesca Simmons, a classically-trained multi-instrumentalist, hers lay in the garden shed. To prepare for an interview at Oxfordshire-based Gifford\u2019s Circus in 2009, Simmons learned the musical saw \u2013 an instrument famously played by Marlene Dietrich in WW2. Today, she performs music on it from Welsh folk songs like Ar Hyd y Nos to Elvis Presley\u2019s Love Me Tender. \u201cMy saw is a little larger than a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":18144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[2542,3096,1238],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-18064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-musical-instrument","tag-saw","tag-violin"],"yoast_head":"\nGetting a saw to sing - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2013\/11\/01\/getting-a-saw-to-sing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Getting a saw to sing - alt.cardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We are told to find an edge that stands out from the crowd. 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