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"news report about a contest in which contestants showed off musical instruments they created by recycling household items. instruments featured in the video include: * a saxophone made from a pipe, a film case, part of a balloon, and a bit of air pump hose * a group of printers modded to play songs together * a combination of disposable chopsticks, aluminum cans, and other items that a kid uses to play the hanshin tigers fight song * two aluminum cans and a straw create an instrument that can play twinkle, twinkle little star * a set of horns made from plastic bottles, cup ramen containers, and straws. the plastic bottle horns won the competition, with the 49-year-old housewife that made and played them receiving a 500,000 yen check." japanprobe.com (500,000 yen is about 4680 us dollars/2380 pounds sterling. the first tune is "in the mood" by glenn miller.)
tenori-on, the newest digital instrument out there! a 16x16 matrix of led switches allows everyone to play music intuitively, creating a "visible music" interface.
scientists in germany have published details of flutes dating back to the time that modern humans began colonising europe, 35,000 years ago. the flutes are the oldest musical instruments found to date. the researchers say in the journal nature that music was widespread in pre-historic times. music, they suggest, may have been one of a suite of behaviors displayed by our own species which helped give them an edge over the neanderthals. the team from tubingen university have published details of three flutes found in the hohle fels cavern in southwest germany. the cavern is already well known as a site for signs of early human efforts; in may, members of the same team unveiled a hohle fels find that could be the world's oldest venus figure. the most well-preserved of the flutes is made from a vulture's wing bone, measuring 20cm long with five finger holes and two "v"-shaped notches on one end of the instrument into which the researchers assume the player blew. the archaeologists also found fragments of two other flutes carved from ivory that they believe was taken from the tusks of mammoths. the find brings the total number of flutes discovered from this era to eight, four made from mammoth ivory and four made from bird bones. according to professor nicholas conard of tubingen university, this suggests that the playing of music was common as far back as 40,000 years ago when modern humans spread across europe. "it's becoming increasingly clear that music was part of day-to-day life," he said. "music was used in many kinds of social contexts: possibly religious, possibly recreational - much like we use music today in many kinds of settings." the researchers also suggest that not only was music widespread much earlier than previously thought, but so was humanity's creative spirit. "the modern humans that came into our area already had a whole range of symbolic artifacts, figurative art, depictions of mythological creatures, many kinds of personal ornaments and also a well-developed musical tradition," professor conard explained. the team argues that the emergence of art and culture so early might explain why early modern humans survived and neanderthals, with whom they co-existed at the time, became extinct. "music could have contributed to the maintenance of larger social networks, and thereby perhaps have helped facilitate the demographic and territorial expansion of modern humans relative to a culturally more conservative and demographically more isolated neanderthal populations," they wrote. that is a view supported by professor chris stringer, a human origins researcher at the natural history museum in london. "these flutes provide yet more evidence of the sophistication of the people that lived at that time and the probable behavioural and cognitive gulf between them and neanderthals," he said. "i think the occurrence of these flutes and animal and human figurines about 40,000 years ago implies that the traditions that produced them must go back even further in the evolutionary history of modern humans - perhaps even into africa more than 50,000 years ago. "but that evidence has still to be discovered." source
i can't make out many of them.
some guy plays "raise me up" with one of garden tools.
pure impro - festival international de jazz de montréal(canada)
jeff martin, jeff burrows, and stuart chatwood of the great canadian band, the tea party, play and explain a bit about some of the instruments they used on the edges of twilight.
a guy walks into a bar with an octopus. he sits the octopus down on a stool and tells everyone in the bar that this is a very talented octopus. he says that it can play any musical instrument in the world. everyone in the bar laughs at the man, calling him an idiot. so he says that he will wager $50 to anyone who has an instrument that the octopus can't play. a guy walks up with a guitar and sets it beside the octopus. immediately the octopus picks up the guitar and starts playing better than jimi hendrix. the guitar man pays up his $50. another guy walks up with a trumpet. this time the octopus plays the trumpet better than miles davis. this guy pays up his $50. then a scotsman walks up with some bagpipes. he sits them down and the octopus fumbles with it for a minute and then sits down with a confused look. "ha!" the scot says. "can ye nae plae it?" the octopus looks up at him and says, "play it? i'm going to take her up to my boudoir it as soon as i get her pajamas off!"
just plug some effects in the box and drum away. this stand-up comedian najib amhali demonstrates it in his show. i got to have that thing.
bill laswell (bass) plays with zakir hussein (tablas), ustad sultan khan (vocal, sarangui), dj disk, karsh kale (drums), nils petter molvaer (trumpet).group known as tabla beat science.
