Has any
of you ever heard about some weird musical instrument? I bet some of you had. Here I will present to you five instruments you probably haven't heard of. Let's start.
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1. WHEELHARP
This is quite a new instrument. It imitates the sounds of stringed instruments and has sixty one strings controlled by a keyboard. The strings are bowed and thanks to that, one musician can sound like a whole string section. The wheelharp was inspired by and based on hurdy-gurdy.
2. HARDINGFELE
A traditional instrument in Norway, Hardingfele (or hardanger fiddle) has twice as many strings
as a violin. Four or five strings are placed under the four main strings, and they vibrate when a musician
is playing on the upper ones. Resemblance to
the violin is striking, however hardingfele is richly ornated.
You can hear the sound of it here:
You can hear the sound of it here:
3. SINGING RINGING TREE
I was surprised myself when I learned about this instrument.
The singing ringing tree was made by Mike Tonkin and Anna Liuin and is one of the four sculptures in East Lancashire, England, which together compose The Panopticons installation. Steel pipes of different length, which tree is made of, are placed in various orientations. You can hear the sound of it as a result of blowing wind:
4. GAMELESTE
Gameleste is the hybrid combination instrument of a celesta and gamelan, and was designed and built by Björgvin Tómasson as it was ordered by Björk to use it in her album "Biophilia". Wanna hear?
5. KATZENKLAVIER
This is probably the weirdest "instrument" of all (at least in this presentation).
Katzenklavier, which means simply "cat piano", is very similar to our well known piano. The difference is, that instead of strings, there is a cage with a cat attached to every key of the keyboard. When a key is pressed, a nail is driven into a tail of a poor beastie, which naturally screeches.
Katzenklavier, which means simply "cat piano", is very similar to our well known piano. The difference is, that instead of strings, there is a cage with a cat attached to every key of the keyboard. When a key is pressed, a nail is driven into a tail of a poor beastie, which naturally screeches.
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Q time:
1. Are you familliar with these instruments? Could you give an example of a weird musical instrument you heard of?
2. Would you like to play one of these instruments? Which would it be?
3. Why is it Katzenklavier? ;)
1. Are you familliar with these instruments? Could you give an example of a weird musical instrument you heard of?
2. Would you like to play one of these instruments? Which would it be?
3. Why is it Katzenklavier? ;)
1. Are you familliar with these instruments?
ReplyDeleteNot really.... I don't think that there are many people that do....
2. Could you give an example of a weird musical instrument you heard of?
Piano
3. Would you like to play one of these instruments?
Not really. They seem annoying.
4. Which would it be?
^
5. Why is it Katzenklavier? ;)
Maybe because the circular shape of this traditional instrument of Norway made out of stairs
You consider piano a weird instrument? You have my sympathy.
ReplyDeleteWow what a impressive collection :D
ReplyDeleteI never heard about any of those instruments...
I always thought that flute is vired. I change my mind... :D
KATZENKLAVIER with german overtone it's the winner for me.
Why? because this is inhumanity to use animals as a part of instrument.
1. Are you familiar with these instruments? Could you give an example of a weird musical instrument you heard of?
ReplyDeleteNow I'm familiar with them :) I can't think of any, but once in a while they show up from the edge of the Internet.
2. Would you like to play one of these instruments? Which would it be?
Bjork's instrument seems nice and easy to play, but Norwegian Hardingfele sounds great! I would love to hear it at life.
3. Why is it Katzenklavier? ;)
No way.......
1. Are you familliar with these instruments? Could you give an example of a weird musical instrument you heard of?
ReplyDeleteNever heard of anything so strange.
2. Would you like to play one of these instruments? Which would it be?
Katzenklavier
3. Why is it Katzenklavier? ;)
Just because.
I knew it, that finally there will come a person who'd like to play on the catz! ;)
ReplyDeleteBjork instrument surely is intriguing, thanks for this opinion.