This was calculated abandon: his long-suffering guitar tech was ready for it, bracing the instrument with an outstretched leg.
The Cuban singer Francisco Céspedes also played emotions like an instrument, with an extremely expressive a cappella version of "Olvidarte" ("Forget You").
("Triplet Threat" also included a calmly devastating solo by Mr. Turner, covering what seemed like the extended range of his instrument, with an even keel).
In his work with avant-garde composer-improvisers (John Zorn) and the indie-rock intelligentsia (John Darnielle) he often engages his instrument with an ear tilted toward possibilities.
"Turangalila" has 10 movements, in the course of which he works in everything but the kitchen sink, including an ondes martenot, an early electronic instrument with an ethereal, human timbre.
Schumann's Six Pieces in Canonic Form were composed for the pedal piano, an archaic instrument with an organlike pedal board, but Mr. Biss and Mr. Hochman played Debussy's arrangement for two pianos.
While his right hand plucked the strings and his left hand expertly manipulated the sliding steel bar that sounds the notes and gives the pedal steel its distinctive twang, he gazed down at the instrument with an affectionate glimmer.
"We want to show that the electronics can be used without losing the essence of timeless rhythms, that something which looks like a silly game can be transformed into a real instrument with an interesting sonority".
She made up for her lack of dexterity by strumming the instrument with an intensity that bordered on the destructive; early in the set she broke a guitar string.
Furthermore, we prospectively evaluated patients using a validated outcome instrument with an intensive follow-up.
It is a computer-based instrument with an attached hardware sound card.
