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Areku
10-18-2008, 05:12 AM
Let's talk about these instruments that not much people know about, so we can discover some new stuff. Yay.

I'll start with the Omnichord. I'm a fan of electronic stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bjBm9cAV_o

It starts to get good at 1:05, he just shows the different sounds in the beginning so don't go "aah this is boring" like I first did.
analogZero
10-21-2008, 02:29 AM
that reminded me of a synthesizer and accordion mixed together. pretty cool though.

this is kind of interesting. It's a rendition of radiohead's song "nude" done with hard drives, a printer, a scanner, and an old sinclair computer to generate the leads. get to about 1:10 and it'll pick up.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=pmfHHLfbjNQ
eragon
10-21-2008, 02:37 AM
that was cool reminds me of alot of game sound effects maybe thats how they make them lol
Raven
10-21-2008, 08:13 AM
How many of you have seen a Kazookeylele?!
This thing is awesome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAg5KjnAhuU
analogZero
10-21-2008, 09:13 PM
How many of you have seen a Kazookeylele?!
This thing is awesome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAg5KjnAhuU

that was top notch, but I had to stop when he started singing. laughing/ can't stand it.

I posted the tesla coils before too, but here they are again, in the spirit of unusual music makers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LudXCEZvn50
Raven
10-21-2008, 09:30 PM
Yeah, same here. The instrument is awesome but his singing.... isn't =|

That tesla coil thing is awesome! Couldn't have picked a better song either XD
Areku
10-22-2008, 12:07 AM
Radiohead cover : Amazing
Kazookeylele : I want one, and you're right the guy shouldn't sing
Tesla Coils : Amazing too, but they should play Star Wars theme on that instead of Zelda haha

Next isn't something you can't play at home, because.. well it's a sea organ.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYHwrkc7PGE
Ariya
10-22-2008, 04:17 PM
Weird and unfamiliar instruments? Webb, my band director, was talking about a flugelhorn. Dunno what the hell it is, though. Wasn't quite paying attention.

I actually play the english horn at times. It's like a giant oboe. Loads of fun to play, but it sounds weird. Kinda like a blow-horn.
Areku
10-22-2008, 04:19 PM
A flugelhorn is a brass looking a bit like a trumpet but it's wider and.. well look.

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Music/imgmus/flugel.jpg
analogZero
10-25-2008, 05:46 AM
Radiohead cover : Amazing
Kazookeylele : I want one, and you're right the guy shouldn't sing
Tesla Coils : Amazing too, but they should play Star Wars theme on that instead of Zelda haha

Next isn't something you can't play at home, because.. well it's a sea organ.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYHwrkc7PGE

that was cool! the sea playing music.

there's other tesla tunes too, check down the side. there was the mario bros theme, dance of the sugar plum fairies, and something else I think.
Areku
11-11-2008, 04:53 PM
Time to revive that thread. That one made me laugh, looks like a dwarf playing saxophone. And the guy at the end is worth it. It starts at 33 seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXBeu7o9uUM&feature=related
jyuukai
11-11-2008, 05:52 PM
It's not so much of a wierd instrument it's just a 'why does it exist?' kinda thing...
The banjo and the mandolin...
Pandora
11-11-2008, 08:06 PM
How many of you have seen a Kazookeylele?!
This thing is awesome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAg5KjnAhuU

This was the best video. I mean seriously, it made me laugh.
analogZero
11-12-2008, 12:37 AM
Time to revive that thread. That one made me laugh, looks like a dwarf playing saxophone. And the guy at the end is worth it. It starts at 33 seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXBeu7o9uUM&feature=related

I remember when I was a kid, the was a deli at the end of my street owned by a nice swedish couple. The man was named Hanz, and he was a small little man. I think I was equal in size to him by the time i was 12, with him being in his 50's. His wife on the other hand was a stereotypically Large northern european woman. More woman than a vyking could've handled, though she was quite a nice lady. For some reason seeing this minute man strapped by something so unimaginably massive reminded me of the two of them. Damn they made the best sandwiches.
mikesword
01-02-2009, 12:54 AM
sitars are unusual. they sound hella cool yet barely any bands use them. the only time i herd a sitar used was in the song "love you too" by the beatles. by the way areku that flugelhorn closely resembles a baritone base clef if the mouth piece was curved up to the other side of the valves & held in a vertical position.
zrikin
01-04-2009, 03:58 AM
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Ykzier
01-06-2009, 11:22 AM
The Finnish Kantele. It's not weird, but it certainly is unfamiliar.

http://www.people.iup.edu/rahkonen/kantele/RndKantele3.JPG
analogZero
01-12-2009, 07:39 AM
sitars are unusual. they sound hella cool yet barely any bands use them. the only time i herd a sitar used was in the song "love you too" by the beatles. by the way areku that flugelhorn closely resembles a baritone base clef if the mouth piece was curved up to the other side of the valves & held in a vertical position.

dude! ravi shankar!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JjrWxun46M