"Yellow carrot bend": 8 unusual musical instruments
It happens that the soul does not lie to the traditional musical instruments, or it simply does not work: all the fingers are knocked about the guitar, the neck hurts from the accordion, and there is no precise rhythm on the drum. Do not despair, there are many musical instruments in the world that you can do with your own hands and “fit for yourself”: we will tell about them today .
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Our digest is opened by Duke Ellington Stafford Hunter orchestra musician, who in addition to the classic trombone chose a seashell. On such an unusual instrument, Hunter taught one of his mentors to play, who explained how to extract a trombone-like sound from a shell. Hunter himself says that the seashell is a trombone made by nature.
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For years, these guys from Austria have been invited to various talk shows and concerts. They are interviewed, and the group conquers the audience with their resourcefulness. The team consists of 10 musicians, one chef and one sound engineer. The peculiarity of the orchestra, as the name implies, is that all musical instruments are made of vegetables.
Or the Tesla singing reel is a little bit scary, but incredibly cool. In short, the Tesla coils are connected via the MIDI port. The game "using electric discharges" sounds and looks really fascinating. By the way, such a tool can be assembled by yourself - there are diagrams and assembly instructions .
A fairly common technique of playing glasses, which can be learned. It is best to take crystal so that there is no cacophony, all glasses should be the same. To “set up” an improvised instrument, water is poured into each glass. The larger it is, the higher the sound. To extract the sound, you should drive along the edge of the dish with clean, preferably degreased fingertips. There is a detailed instruction.
This tool is built on the basis of a bicycle frame. Sounds are extracted from bass strings, bells and other elements of the structure. You can play with the bow, and just fingers. The peculiarity of the design is that the microphone is connected to the recording system, which loops the extracted sounds, and the effect is superimposed. It sounds mysterious and even a little scary.
Musician Massimo Tortell, who performs under the pseudonym PorcaPizza , is also a master of fiction: instead of a microphone he uses a telephone receiver, instead of a guitar he uses a tennis racket (which sounds no worse than a guitar), in his arsenal there are kitchen knives, a bank of chips and even a typewriter . It looks cool, there is even a whole clip.
Hydroflux is a water organ that converts fluid oscillations into sound. The inventor is Sitv Mann (Steve Mann). They play on it, closing the holes with their fingers, from which water flows, organ sound is created hydraulically.
You can’t carry this instrument with you, but you don’t have to learn to play on it - it sounds yourself. The structure is built according to the principle of an organ, but is located under the steps of the embankment. The embankment itself is located in Croatian Zadar. The sound output goes through special holes in the sidewalk, the waves push the air and a kind of music is produced.
And finally: if homemade instruments do not inspire, and the ear for music is only enough to depict a police siren, do not despair: there is a world championship in playing an imaginary guitar. By the way, in 2015 our compatriot, Kirill Blumenkrants, became the champion.
Another couple of musical selections:
Some of our “Hi-Fi World”:
Mary McCoy CC PhotoSea shell
Our digest is opened by Duke Ellington Stafford Hunter orchestra musician, who in addition to the classic trombone chose a seashell. On such an unusual instrument, Hunter taught one of his mentors to play, who explained how to extract a trombone-like sound from a shell. Hunter himself says that the seashell is a trombone made by nature.
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Vegetable Orchestra
For years, these guys from Austria have been invited to various talk shows and concerts. They are interviewed, and the group conquers the audience with their resourcefulness. The team consists of 10 musicians, one chef and one sound engineer. The peculiarity of the orchestra, as the name implies, is that all musical instruments are made of vegetables.
Zeusphone
Or the Tesla singing reel is a little bit scary, but incredibly cool. In short, the Tesla coils are connected via the MIDI port. The game "using electric discharges" sounds and looks really fascinating. By the way, such a tool can be assembled by yourself - there are diagrams and assembly instructions .
Glasses
A fairly common technique of playing glasses, which can be learned. It is best to take crystal so that there is no cacophony, all glasses should be the same. To “set up” an improvised instrument, water is poured into each glass. The larger it is, the higher the sound. To extract the sound, you should drive along the edge of the dish with clean, preferably degreased fingertips. There is a detailed instruction.
Bikrophone
This tool is built on the basis of a bicycle frame. Sounds are extracted from bass strings, bells and other elements of the structure. You can play with the bow, and just fingers. The peculiarity of the design is that the microphone is connected to the recording system, which loops the extracted sounds, and the effect is superimposed. It sounds mysterious and even a little scary.
Tennis racquet
Musician Massimo Tortell, who performs under the pseudonym PorcaPizza , is also a master of fiction: instead of a microphone he uses a telephone receiver, instead of a guitar he uses a tennis racket (which sounds no worse than a guitar), in his arsenal there are kitchen knives, a bank of chips and even a typewriter . It looks cool, there is even a whole clip.
Hydravlofon
Hydroflux is a water organ that converts fluid oscillations into sound. The inventor is Sitv Mann (Steve Mann). They play on it, closing the holes with their fingers, from which water flows, organ sound is created hydraulically.
Marine organ
You can’t carry this instrument with you, but you don’t have to learn to play on it - it sounds yourself. The structure is built according to the principle of an organ, but is located under the steps of the embankment. The embankment itself is located in Croatian Zadar. The sound output goes through special holes in the sidewalk, the waves push the air and a kind of music is produced.
And finally: if homemade instruments do not inspire, and the ear for music is only enough to depict a police siren, do not despair: there is a world championship in playing an imaginary guitar. By the way, in 2015 our compatriot, Kirill Blumenkrants, became the champion.
Another couple of musical selections:
Some of our “Hi-Fi World”:
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/373587/
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