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08-01-2009, 11:34 AM
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Music of the World
I suppose that music is another think that has lost much diversity - anywhere on the world you can find symphony orchestras or pop bands all playing much the same thing ... so it's nice to encounter something unusual: I liked this hurdy gurdy player in Brittany:
I know black has seen some strange musicians and instruments - anyone else?
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08-01-2009, 04:01 PM
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The missus and I were in Jamaica 3 years ago and saw a street band , couple of guitars and a guy with an oblong box about 2 foot long with metal plates sticking out with little paddles on each which he struck with his thumb to produce a sound, it's a home made instrument and has a range of about 8 notes/sounds,
Don't know what it called though, and I dont have any pics, sorry
anybody know of it,?
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Hi,
The missus and I were in Jamaica 3 years ago and saw a street band , couple of guitars and a guy with an oblong box about 2 foot long with metal plates sticking out with little paddles on each which he struck with his thumb to produce a sound, it's a home made instrument and has a range of about 8 notes/sounds,
Don't know what it called though, and I dont have any pics, sorry
anybody know of it,?
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Sounds like a plucked idiophone (and, no, I had no idea what that meant until five minutes ago  ):
Idiophone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I've seen thumb pianos although they are usually quite small but they seem to be subject to all sorts of variation:
Mbira - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anything like?
Sounds interesting whatever .....
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The oddest instrument I've seen was a goat - or the external remains of one used as a sort of bagpipes although it was a whole adult goat, almost as big as the player.
Takes me back to when we were staying in a hut on the coast of Chios (Greece) and eating in the local taverna. One evening our dinner turned into a wedding feast with the goat-player and various other instrumentalists. We became guests of honour - the first and last time I danced like Zorba! 
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Somewhat but mine was bigger.
I don't recommend stayig in Athens any longer than is necessary but anyone interested in folk musics should try and visit the Museum of Popular Instruments - see an hear all sorts of instruments working. Fascinating place
MUSEUM OF POPULAR INSTRUMENTS - ATHENS GREECE
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Was this it? Tsambouna? Askomandoura?
I've always been worried by the name Flageolet, I know it's a flute of sorts, but somehow the word conjures a picture of someone called Denise the Dom. 
Sorry, just thought I'd share that with you. 
Jaws Harp is a weird instrument. Who thought that one up? |
I'd stay off the beans then!
Don't know anything about the origin of the jaws harp - there are some very strange instruments about ....
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Somewhat but mine was bigger.
I don't recommend stayig in Athens any longer than is necessary but anyone interested in folk musics should try and visit the Museum of Popular Instruments - see an hear all sorts of instruments working. Fascinating place
MUSEUM OF POPULAR INSTRUMENTS - ATHENS GREECE
I'd stay off the beans then!
Don't know anything about the origin of the jaws harp - there are some very strange instruments about .... |
Yep, that's another reason to avoid the Flageolet. Well, 'tis a wind instrument!
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Originally Posted by dmclean3
........Don't know what it called though, and I dont have any pics, sorry
Through your thread Paul, I have since found out that the instrument I saw was called a Marimbula, used arround the Caribean islands, and belongs to the Lamellaphone group of musical instruments
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I might mention that South London has a collection of musical instruments at the Horniman:
Horniman Museum collections
Was more of a look and read collection when I last visited but very interesting and pretty comprehensive.
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The oldest instruments found to date seem to have been flute-like:
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | 'Oldest musical instrument' found
I would have expected drums or other percussion instruments - perhaps not yet discovered?
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Here's a new way of looking at DNA:
BBC News - Choir to sing the 'code of life'
I've heard some of it and it is rather beautiful; not sure how much relationship it has to the genome though!
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