Top 10 New Musical Instrument Inventions
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The Wintergatan Marble Machine would take number 1 but this video was published before that was inventedThis was published before the Bellow I will publish a few links to where some of these instruments can be purchased. I invite you to follow me on facebook and twitter: / realspecialhead
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Wheel Harp can be purchased for 15,000.00 here: antiquitymusic.com/wheelharp/
Laser Harp Purchased here: www.kromalaser.com/
Moog Theremin purchased here: www.moogmusic.com/products/Eth...
Hang drums and hand pans here: www.hangdrumsandhandpans.com/p...
The singing Tesla coil, sometimes called a zeusaphone, thoramin or musical lightning, is a form of plasma speaker. It is a variation of a solid state Tesla coil that has been modified to produce musical tones by modulating its spark output. The resulting pitch is a low fidelity square wave like sound reminiscent of an analog synthesizer. The high-frequency signal acts in effect as a carrier wave; its frequency is significantly above human-audible sound frequencies, so that digital modulation can reproduce a recognizable pitch. The musical tone results directly from the passage of the spark through the air. The flexibility of the sound is limited by the fact that the solid-state coil produces square rather than sinusoidal waves; but simple chords are possible.
ou’ve seen him on "America’s Got Talent," where he finished third, but now William Close will bring his unique instrumental inventions to the recording studio after signing a deal with the Nettwerk Music Group.
The experimental musician and innovator has developed over 100 new types of musical instruments, but is most recognized for the largest stringed instrument in the world - The Earth Harp. The N.Y. Times calls it “an instrument unlike anything Bach or Beethoven could have ever imagine.
A laser harp is an electronic musical user interface and laser lighting display. It projects several laser beams-and a musician plays these by blocking them to produce sounds-reminiscent of a harp. The laser harp has been popularized by Jean Michel Jarre, and has been a high profile feature of almost all his concerts since 1981. British electronic musician Little Boots has used a similar instrument in concerts.
Laser harps have appeared in a number of designs. They have also been used in public art installations, such as those by Jen Lewin at the Lincoln Center in 2000 and at Burning Man in 2005 and 2012,[1][2] as well as those created by Johnny Dwork at the Harmony Festival in 2011, at the Portland Art Museum in 2012, at The Tech Museum of Innovation in 2014, and at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in 2015
The Yaybahar looks like minimalist sculpture, or a piece of vintage playground equipment. It has fretted strings, coiled springs and drum skins. Şen plays it with a bow, or a wrapped mallet, nimbly switching between spaced out explorations, folk music and Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”.
After many years, a passing prince or princess was bewitched by the beautiful music that reached his or her ears from the tower. He or she braved the brambles to free Şen and his instrument.
It’s also possible that Şen enlisted a couple of pals to help him muscle the Yaybahar down the steps, crying out when they bumped the precious instrument into the walls, struggling to get a decent grip. No good deed goes unrewarded.
The Wintergartan Marble Machine, built by Swedish musician Martin Molin and filmed by Hannes Knutsson, is a hand-made music box that powers a kick drum, bass, vibraphone and other instruments using a hand crank and 2,000 marbles.
The machine has to be seen to be appreciated: with dozens of beautifully carved wooden parts, tracks, pulleys and funnels for collecting and rerouting spent marbles, it's a true work of art. And though marble machines as an art form of their own have a long and complex history, this might be one of the best.
A full making-of can be seen on the Wintergartan KZread page, having apparently begun in Autumn 2014. Recently, commenting on its progress, Molin and his team wrote that "the closer the machine gets to be finished the harder it gets to finish it". "It is strange how that happens, when the finish line is in sight, everything slows down automatically except the avalanche of new unforeseen problems. We need to start making music now and spend less time picking up marbles from the floor soon soon soon. But it is happening. When it is finished, music will follow.
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That wheel harp... I'm in love.
9:25 sounds so beautiful!!!
@Xenro66
8 жыл бұрын
+Alex Fa Agreed, that's fantastic...
@VoltSpeedChannel
8 жыл бұрын
WOOOOOH
Dude you are honestly really good at explaining things. Please do more Top 10s, this one is so much more in-depth than most I've seen on youtube
Earth harp sounds so gentle and beautiful ^.^ It must be really fun to play it!
@yunorazegassicheah3103
7 жыл бұрын
Homura Akemi cute cat
Some of these sound incredible!
I've had the pleasure of playing some of these such as the lazer harp and the hang metal drum things. I must say that the sound from that last one is haunting and beautiful!
Really great! Thanks for making video and sharing! I've made a few weird instruments myself, but none as weird as these! I just love them all!
Wow as a musician this vid opened my mind !!
I've actually heard the stalacpipe organ and it's a very beautiful instrument, although kind of creepy when you're standing there in the cavern and hear one song coming from all over the place. If I remember correctly, some of the stalactites used are close to a mile away.
7:48 that reminds me of the marble machine by wintergatan
I've watched a lot of these Top 10 lists or compilations on the topic, and I can tell you: this is the first good one!
love you and your vidz thankz
WONDERFUL!
outstanding!
Benjamin Franklin didn't invent the Glass Harmonica, he adapted existing designs to make an improved sounding device. There are several different people credited with making it, each added something new to existing designs. Franklin was just the last one to do so.
go get em Ken, right on Andy
i love them all!!!
music is what created life and keeps it moving!! musical instruments is something more valuable then diamonds and gold because it sings us to our amazing escapes!!
thank s danny
I love you,Special Head! I really loved you when you went on America's Got Talent,and I still like you!
nice work on putting that top ten together. it's a big world out there
I'm inspired to create my own instrument.
i would love that last one!!!!
Thanks for the video, and thank you for the final words that keep the boundaries open for others. I believe you used Vera Meyer with the beginning sequence playing the glass harmonica. I met her summer of 2011 in Cambridge while the university regatta races were in session. I volunteered to be a type of organ grinder monkey spinning the instrument as she played the Harry Potter theme and the national anthems of various countries to the visitors from other countries. Boston/Cambridge was a great place to meet many strange buskers. I caught Leonard Solomon near Brattle St., and I mentioned that I knew his work from the Ellipsis Arts releases that Bart Hopkin (a man who greatly supported experimental homemade instruments) put out (Leonard was on the blue "Orbitone..." one, while Ken Butler, who you featured was on the yellow "Gravikord...." one). As we talked he mentioned that he declined an appearance on America's Got Talent; I can't remember if it was because of the shameful way guys like Ken Butler or Art Paul Schlosser were treated (and that's cool that they regarded you well on the show, Special). Regardless, cool guy to meet. My travels took me to Pittsburgh where I saw an odd instrument near Katz Plaza in 2004. It was a "Cloud Harp", and it was a 70's retro wood style post-modern public art construction that sent a laser up to "read" the atmosphere and cloud patterns" and then would generate a variety of various random sounds corresponding to the meteorological conditions (Vimeo has some clips-get on the ball, KZread!)-some noisy, some low and ambient. very Lynchian. Also, the Willy St. Food Co-op in Madison attracts great buskers. One guy played Bach pieces on a hang there. Speaking of college towns, one traveling banjo doctor who delved into really deconstructing music was Eugen Chadbourne. His favorite "noisies" to bust out are the electric rake or electric toaster whether or not the venue will allow him to use them or not. He has been" in cahoots" with Michigan's own Frank Pahl who has designed many bizarre musical automatons (one using those kiddie cornpopper pushers and a steel drum). Bart Hopkin profiled Frank in one of his newsletters. A couple more instruments to check out from the ellipsis Arts series Hopkin put out are Sarah Hopkin's Harmonic Whirlies, Stiltophones, and Waterphones (the kind Tom Waits was playing in Mystery Men).
Cool video
The Hang is the best. Direct, simple and very musical.
My grandpa used to always play with spoons, so I don't see it as a weird instrument.
thanks
8:19 finally a good use for a condom!
The only hang drums I've seen were played solo - the idea that you could play harmony, or with other hang players could make for a very interesting sound. Some of those other instruments produce hauntingly beautiful sounds.
Nice
Wow this was awesome! I want to play all of those!
#9, #5 & #2 are really cool, I can live without the rest. That guy that makes instruments outta all sorts of bits n bobs etc: that's a pretty cool craft, but I don't really consider that that should be seen as "new musical instruments". I reckon we'll hear new kinds of music - especially film scores - coming from the Wheel Harp, and I'd really love it if the Sharpsichord could be altered a bit to make it a bit more like other instruments in terms of size, mobility and playability because that instrument needs to be added to little Gypsy-Jazz small bands, the really raw, rattley kind of sound, and music that has that kind of character to it.
The hang is also called the space drum
I've been thinking it would a cool challenge, where a sound is electronically synthesized and someone tries to make a non-synthesizer instrument that mimics the sound as closely as possible. It could be made from any materials, so much potential
Why isn't the "Wintergatan marble machine" on this list?
dope
These all make my head hurt and feel trippy
The Spoon are a well-known folk music instrument in austria since a long time
what about the Wintergatan marble machine?
If that wheel harp is a really thing I really would like one its like a violin piano
Also Harry Partch's orchestra of JI instruments with up to 43 note per octave.
The Chateau Poulie, sounds great as ambient, but there are no other video in KZread about it
i listen'd to the the earth harp for too long. i nearly cried at the slow tone and tempo the chick made . and i wish the sharpsicord was patented and made sale. cause i want one
Can I suggest checking out Ellen Fullman's Long-string instrument? The Earth Harp has longer strings, granted, but given that Ellen's instrument pre-dates it by many years and is fundamentally the same, it seems hard to suggest the Earth Harp is a musical instrument invention?
7:30 wintergatan marble machine
where is marble machine by wintergatan?
Two dudes playing those metal drums were soooooo high lol
6:22 that’s actually a exhaust mixer from an aircraft jet engine
Can someone please tell me how the song is called that was played on the wheel harp?
I can remember ken Butler from MTV back when they played music.
I love the yaybahar
For the record, a Tesla coil generates high-voltage, high-frequency, low-amperage currents. Static electricity is high-voltage, zero-frequency, (potentially) high-amperage. The following is from www.teslasystems.com/faq/ Static electricity generators and thunderstorm clouds cause large amounts of electric charge to build up in one area, and an opposite charge to build up in another area. If the voltage rises sufficiently high, a spark will jump between these two areas. The spark will generally last only a fraction of a second. In contrast, the output from a Tesla Coil actually oscillates between a positive and negative voltage very rapidly (usually hundreds of thousands of times per second).
Forgot about the Viola Organista, something that only recently became real.
The zeusophone... That was awolnation playing
No mention of the pyrophone or blasterbeam?
@stephenchurch1784
8 жыл бұрын
+Special Head I suppose that's fair on the pyrophone. It was never built until modern times but the design is from Franklin if I recall correctly. If you're familiar with the (old) Star Trek movie and the sound of a V'ger in it, that's the most well known sound example of a blaster beam. It's a 12-18 foot instrument with some variety of metal string and movable pickups. You play it with artillery shells generally and it makes bizarre, otherworldly drones. I'm not sure what your cutoff for new is so it may not apply either as it was constructed in the early 70s. Edit: Another prominent example I forgot about is the sound of Jang Fett's bombs in the asteroid belt scene in Attack of the Clones.
@inconceivabledark
8 жыл бұрын
Hey if you haven't already, check out the marble machine...... It's amazing!
Yayyyyy for the YAYBAHAR!!!!
I'm watching this to do my school work
+Special head didn't I see you on America's got talent?
The laser harp is not a new instrument since Jean Michel Jarre already used it in 1981 in the concerts in China. However you have forgotten the 2 most revolutionary of all musical instruments. The synthesizer with which you can get millions of different sounds and effects and the sampler, with which, taking samples of sounds you can make music with them. The best example of what can be done with the latter is the album Zoolook by Jean Michel Jarre. A mythical musical album.
3:11 the first real life instance of background music in real life lol
Nrº 9 looks like a something you'd see in a dark jedi band.
The sharpsicord reminds me of a Caha di Orgel.
9:42 The -Siamese- conjoined triplet guitar.
the hang is based on the steel pan from Trinidad and Tobago.
What about the wintergaten marble machine?
#8 reminds me of the sponge Bob episode when sponge Bob made the giant statues of him so the jelly fish would stop fucking with him .
Best: Number 10 and 1.. From the previous: the glass harmonica.
i want a dron!!!
4:31
i like hang guys very much what's their band called?
I SO WANT A YAYBAHAR......AWSOME....
I wonder how a hang attached to a Yaybahar spring/resonator system would sound...
Number 8 can become a horror movie scene
What about the marble machine by wintergatan
Check out That 1 Guy. He has a very strange electrical instrument that he plays.
1:56 song is Awolnation better kill my self gravity remix
guys whats the name of the song played on the zeusaphone? I used to listen that song but just cant remember the name.
the best one was that 1000 foot stringed harp
#1 Sounds like something used q few thousand yeqrs ago
2:25: BIOSHOCK CONFIRMED!!!!
Next time would you mind doing New instruments? These have all been out for quite a long time.
The hang is just a steel drum
I like da shrsicord
But where's wintergatan's marble machine it's supposed to be on the list
It's official. I want s zeusaphone.
I live in Virginia USA
This has a lot of harps
ahhhhh what is the song from the wheel harp?
The dron sounds like a metal song begging
3:18 AK-47 😂😂
how high do you have to be?
I remember like a year ago me and my friend found this really cool video of this dude called Special Head who did a cool trick on some talent show. Halfway through this video I realized who it was by...
Daxophone
0:55 Wow, Benjamin Franklin Is The Best!
strangest or most popular?
I made popsicle stick mbira
musical is used loosely here!
And the yabrahand sounds like a violin combined with a didgeridoo
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