Unusual and Strange Musical Instruments Compilation
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- čas přidán 28. 07. 2019
- Have a listen to some of the unusual instruments that I came across lately.
Here´s some info to each instrument, followed by a link to the original video.
#1 Factory Fan Bass: By attaching a disk with holes to the fan, it converts blinks of lights to electric signals and generates sound from a bass amplifier. Different numbers of holes can generate a musical scale, and turning on/off of the power makes it roar.
• Factory Fan Bass │ 工場扇...
#2 A nyckelharpa is a traditional Swedish musical instrument. It is a string instrument or chordophone. Its keys are attached to tangents which, when a key is depressed, serve as frets to change the pitch of the string.
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#3 The hammered dulcimer is a percussion-stringed instrument which consists of strings typically stretched over a trapezoidal resonant sound board.
• Everybody Wants To Rul...
#4 The sador is the synthesis of the lute, the Indian sitar and guitar.
• Street musician in Mos...
#5 Two Arduinos are used as capacitive touch sensors, which deliver a midi signal.
• Playing The Gummy Bear...
#6 The Carnyx, is a wind instrument of the Iron Age Celts, used in warfare between 200 BC and 200 AD.
• Music experts create r...
#7 DIY PVC pipe xylophone
• Smashing my old pipes ... - Hudba
The fan bass is DEFINITELY industrial rock material
When he first starts it up, it sounds like the beginning of Prison Sex by Tool.
Bjork used it in a few of her songs.
That one in particular is made by Fantasticos Electronicos!
NIN needs to see this
@@raredonkey It's Sweet Jane
No intro, just straight into it. That’s how we like it.
shitchyea nightman! 🤘😝
WhAt’S uP gUyS hIt ThE bElL
@@quietmyheart7670 oNlY 5% oF My ViEwErs aRE suBscRibED
Lol XD
That's what she said
Carnyx sent chills down my spine. What a legendary instrument. Imagine hearing this 2000 years ago when you are about to enter a battle
I'm your 200th liker here & bye.
The Carnyx sounds disturbingly beautiful to me. I would love to hear it traversing a post apocalyptic open world in a game, or thrown into a prog rock album interlude.
It sent shivers down my spine in this educational setting, I couldn't fathom the feeling of it being masterfully crafted along an entire art piece designed to be enhanced by it.
You think it's terrifyingly beautiful now imagine what it would sound like if you were a Roman soldier stationed in those areas where this would have been used and just hearing this thing start to wail out of nowhere. Most likely from a forest. Having never heard it before
Looks like this guy's family could have owned for over 150 generations...
reminds me of atla
@@CT-1902 yeah absolutely terrifying I would imagine
At the beginning of it being played reminded me of the silent hill siren, scary lol
Just imagine this conversation:
" Hey what instrument do you play? "
" *F A N* "
Gummy bears :))
"i fiddle with my fans" that sound very wrong
I want that instrument though! It sounds so cool!
lmao
@Refuse Collection Conversations at Walmart about that be like
Imagine how terrified the Romans would be if someone came marching onto the battlefield with a Factory Fan Bass™
Not gonna lie, u got me in the first half.
the freaking Carnyx is scarier
@@NikoMoraKamu hence why they were actually afraid of it
I would join their side
Rock and roll but Roman so someone or something gets stubbed
The hammered dulcimer sounds so beautiful, it's like a piano and a guitar in one
The carnyx has such a primal sound to it, you can feel great emotion from the sound it creates
Time to watch game of thrones again
Imagine how terrified the Romans must have been to hear the Carnyx blaring out through the forest.
Imagine being a Celt
not as terrified as they would have been of an electric fan bass
Imagine a Roman imagining his Celtic , its like really good prime time imagining right there
@@strilka__ good thing we mostly decimated them. 9th legion lel
Imagine.
the carnyx is really terrifying. could you imagine marching to battle on a cold day with all of your brothers, standing opposite the other army, and that shit is playing? i'd lose my mind
It looks scary too with that face
Then you whip out the gummy bear piano
It’s so cool
Now imagine they are also naked and covered in paint
@@samuelbousfield4342 sound like a typical Wednesday night for me 🤷
At 4:10, it was so smooth when the PVC xylophone guy high-fived the dude (who was extremely situationally unaware by offering a high-five to someone playing an instrument with two hands) with the sandal to the beat.
No, he isn't situationally unaware. He is possessed by a demon and the demon knows exactly what it's doing. We have to stop explaining the bad behaviour away. Trust me. Evil hides behind acting dumb...
it was a calculated risk
2:10 the hammered dulcimer is anything but unusual.
It's used quite a bit in video game soundtracks, especially Skyrim. The song "Ancient Stones" has the best example.
Also used a lot in alpine folk music.
@@strawberryjam3670 and it fits really well
It’s still an unusual instrument
God Everybody Wants to Rule the World sounds so good on that dulcimer
Yes bro
True
I KNOW
Thank you for mentioning the song!!! It was so familiar but I couldn’t place it till I read your comment!! It was really annoying me that I couldn’t figure it out!!
True, but what happened right afterwords
Damn, the first man was a great player. He sould have a really big fan bass
nice
Konstantinos Mparmpounis -problem with fans is one day they’re there, the next their off with the wind...
@@relevantinformation6655 good one
lol
*he's asian*
The sound of the fan , at the beginning , is incredible ; it recalls me some electronic music from the 80's/90's .
I like the hammered dulcimer players family listening to him proudly.
That's what I want.
No ones talking about how the hammered dulcimer definitely sounds like the instrument used to make old ringtones
this makes so much sense 😂😂😂👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
They're also not talking about how everybody wants to rule the world is being played on a hammered dulcimer
@@connection_ok so THATS why it sounded so familiar!
@@connection_ok I came here to find this the second I heard it.
I was thinking more along the lines of hold music
So no one is talking about the pvc pipe one, where he slapped that guys hand ON BEAT?!?!!??!?!?!?!
Just saw that, and the dude behind him trying to drag him back lmao
I was just gonna comment on this lol
That was quick thinking. He could have just ignored him.
A good percussionist can do anything on beat, that’s literally their job
His name is pipe guy you can find him on youtube he's pretty good
If you know how to play an instrument, it wouldn't be hard to perform a task on beat..
0:22 this is cool, I'm definitely a fan now. No jokes intended
the nyckelharpa sounds so beautiful, im suprised no one’s talking about it
I'd guess because it's very similar in sound to a violin, though it's got a different action.
Because the guy playing was kinda bad ;(
It's a very beautifull instrument when playing actual traditional songs. For example "hårgalåten" on nyckelharpa can be completely magical when you have a player who knows what he is doing.
@@gaffalstudios3617Bad? The guy was playing absolutely beautifully!!
@@garfielffan6954 I mean sure. I think it's my musician's ear being picky. But you can easiy learn what this guy is playing in under a week if you have prior experience with other string instruments. No offence to this dude though he probably just picked the instrument up.
Does anyone have a source for it? What song was that?
Imagine being a roman soldier on a misty moor in England and you hear the fucking carnyx
Scotland actually
lets agree on the norther part of the land which is now know as the British isle
@@HrLBolle the northern part which is known as Scotland.
@@sloth2534 my bad sorry
I like your profile picture.
Bruh, I've never heard "everybody wants to rule the world" sound so beautiful before
czcams.com/video/E6QOr-oCTwU/video.html
timestamp please?
@@cheesecakelasagna at 1:32 in the vid
@@labitryrave5492 the instrument is unbelievably emotional it’s amazing
That’s why you probably hear it that way
I agree
The hand clap at the end was elite!
That fan bass has it's own fan base.
That was so metal
4th Instrument: funny gummy bear keyboard
5th Instrument: Ancient wind instrument that fills all who hear it with a sense of dread and impending doom
6th instrument: xylophone but made of pipes
maybe just cause i’m part Scottish but the carnyx is da bomb
@@Slavicplayer251 Yeah it sounds cool to me as well. Lot of British/Irish blood in me.
the gummy bear keyboard also fills me with a sense of dread and impending doom
You forgot about the 1 second of vague guitar looking instrument at 2:30
@@Slavicplayer251 Carnyx is Gaulish so your Auld Alliance Friends the French made them i don't think scots at that point had the metallurgy knowledge to make these
2:30 I was not expecting a jump scare
It was so funny 😂
@@michaelwonderly3717 heh
LMAO
It looks like Harrison ford playing a guitar with two necks
*honk*
Nyckelharpa was a common theme in music class in school when i was a child. Very fine craft and tricky to play. Very cool instruments in this compilation. Greetings from Sweden ♥️🇸🇪
This was wonderful.
Thank you for posting this
hammered dulcimer: is an antique instrument, carefully crafted for beautiful ballads
the dad: casually playing 'everybody wants to rule the world'
I mean it sounds really good on it
That guy's one of the best hammered dulcimer players in the world. His name is Ted Yoder.
Are you not supposed to play songs on it?
haha you got 666 likes
Couldnt remember why I loved that tune so much! Couldn’t recognize it lol
2:32 I live in Moscow and today I literally saw this guy in metro! I donated him 100 roubles, he is freaking amazing. His name is Sergei Sadov and sador is an instrument made by himself
Он выглядит так, будто бы прямиком из Bloodborne в Москву попал
You have my respects,tanks fot helping him
He made that beast of an instrument! Wow must be really complicated, mans a god 👊
Kratos
@Berliner Stadtschloss I am not bragging or something, I just gave him that little that remained in my wallet. It is not about the money, can you understand?
Thank you for compiling these :)
2:30 is my favourite instrument, it's not here for very long but it has the most impact.
I love it when a musician gets their fans so involved in the performance
Wow. Incredibly underated comment 👌🏽
Lol. Ok. That was good (x2).
Haha i see what you did there
Please don't "dad" anymore. 😅
The way the pvc guy integrated the high five into the song is pretty sick. Normally you'd have to leave him hanging because you're playing, but he played it off in the coolest possible way, keeping the music going, and saving the high five guy from looking foolish. What an absolute champion.
man's a real sigma
Yeah pipeguy is pretty good, he has a CZcams channel too
i came here for this comment
Slapophone
Me n my mates made a similar instrument like this but on a much larger scale with some large plastic gas pipes before the gas workers came to lay the pipes!😁
The hammered dulcimer instrument is seriously interesting to me. I don’t understand why it’s reminding me of some 80s song that I’ve almost completely forgotten about.
u mean
everybody wants to rule the word?
i'd LOVE to hear that fan used in a rock song. that's funky as hell
When a key is depressed, give it some love.
How?
Ask about it's feelings duh
Finally, one of these unusual instrument videos that shows the Swedish nycklharpa.
What somg was played?
It’s like a wheel less hurdy gurdy
I am a swed and did not know that was a thing XD
@@timcaldwell5097 exactly what i was thinking as well
Is a Hurdy Gurdy that unusual?
Imagine misty mountains & any one of these astonishing instruments played. It would give the whole countryside a very spooky feeling.
All of these are amazing!!👍👏👏👏
0:57 the inventor of that instrument is a pianist who want to play violin.
I was thinking the same thing
That song he plays sounds familiar do you know the name?
@shadow renamon hmm alright I’ll look it up thanks
@@billybob4773 it reminded me of the soundtrack of Wolfblood, a children TV series 😅
@@billybob4773 nah, he's just practicing scales and arpeggios
Friend:Hey what instrument do you play?
Me:Gummy bear
Omg 😱
@Pandacat 666 but he DID play the gummy bear song
Violin
@Pandacat 666 the song is literally called "I'm a gummy bear"
Mayonnaise
Finally! I've been looking for the instrument EVERYWHERE. One of my favourite musicians actually uses a Factory Base Fan for her songs. Check out Kira Killer by Zutomayo! It's a fantastic use of the instrument, even having its own solo at the end. We should really promote using more instruments, even in places where they seemingly might not fit.
The tone of the hammered dulcimer is significant. Just great.
The dulcimer guy killed it with "everyone wants to rule the world'
@@Mal-ou8yl Here is Ted Yoder on CZcams. czcams.com/video/iAFT4eVX5Ak/video.html
Everybody*
That high five At the end was incredible the other dude trying to stop him thinking he’ll mess him up but the PVC pipe player still gets the high five on the beat, awesome.
That's a slapaphone
That lady pissed me off, man was clearly busy with both hands...
im happy to see this again tnx
The gummy bear song with gummy bears, that's honestly unexpected
indeed
I would love to see a concert where it’s just strange instruments
Heilung
I full expect hamboning to be in there
Sri Chinmoy did
czcams.com/video/cHLbaOLWjpc/video.html orkestra obsolete (i think they only have 1 song)
@@mr.nazareth4501 I just want to say thank you. I really enjoy learning about unusual instruments/music styles. I, however, had not heard the term "Hamboning" before. Your comment made me curious. I search it on CZcams and came across a Steve Hickman performance of it. It was a delight! You have broadened my musical oddity knowledge. Again, thank you
That was great video 👌
_”I’m a professional musician.”_ 0:03
-Cool, what instruments you play?
-electric fan
@@robertimmanuel577 do you play any instruments?
me: _g u m i b e a r s o n w i r e s_
Man there must be a massive fan base for that fan bass.
*Insert laughtrack
Two drums and a symbol fall off a cliff.
Ba dum tss.
Imagine the carnyx and the fan bass together, that's some top tier stuff
and that pvc xylophone
Fan bass fanbase
Yes!!!!!
prog moment
I was thinking that too
Getting bk to basics n hearing AMAZING MUSIC!!!!❤
The nyckelharpa is my favorite instrument 🙂
2:30 that guy looks like he's going to give you a quest or tell a really good story
"Let me tell ya a story about the ancient ruins, the city of gold and silver, the legendary city of the undead".
He's a synth
"It was a long time ago when the ruins where not ruins, but a city full of souls, the kids playing, the men working, the woman cooking. But then it all collapsed"
@@vargasmartin7143 "For one man tryed to cut down the tree of the goddess, as he slowly cut down the tree the city fell down piece by piece. Once he has fully cut down the tree everybody has already died, as his punishment he was given the power of forever youth and he was forced to spend his days all alone not able to die and join the others".
69 likes nice
the carnyx is fucking horrifying. genuinely triggered my fight or flight. celts are fucking metal
Aye we are.
@@TheDancingSnom moy ahnshestors!
@@TheDancingSnom we wux celts n sheeit.
Have you heard the aztec death whistle?
@@deep_fried_midget terrifying af
Wow I’ve never heard of the hammered dulcimer. I love it!
the first one is definitely the most epic and badass one. damn. what a throwback to some dubstep/riddim clubs
Imagine hearing the Carnyx in a dark forest on a full moon night and you’re tripping on mushrooms.😂😳
I’d die of fright
@@renolta1365 same!
dont use drugs
Mushrooms are the safest "drug" available. Safer than Marijuana. And nobody has ever been addicted to mushrooms.
@@traviscalvert457 typical drug user talk. if you like to use, use it, but as every drug you can do and see crazy shit while tripping on it. the thing with mushrooms is that it is portrayed as soooo safe but actually isnt. the safe levels of usage depends a lot on the type of the shroom, and people often use it way over the "recommended" amount as it is something with very little to no study developed about it. drugs arent good and will never be.
Imagine how Celts would feel if they saw their Carnyx in the same listing as some gummy bears
considering that ancient people were so scared of bears that we don't even know the original word for Bear we just have the word bear which means Brown thing would say it all for you
WOW! Amazing!🤯👏👏👏
Я так и знал, что Пучков - древний кельт. Хотя он - Гоблин
To people wondering, 1:32 is a song called “everybody wants to rule the world”
really?
@@chrissmook5307 yes i started singing to it
There is a video of that guy playing that song with the actual singer from tears for fears singing it
Here I found it :)
czcams.com/video/iAFT4eVX5Ak/video.html
@@markoivac6508 whooosh
@@chrissmook5307 "wooosh"-ing people is cringe af
The transition from that beautiful string instrument to the fucking gummy bear midi was glorious and had me doubled over
Fan bass looks so fun!
Neighbor: hey Steve, what are those unusually cool sounds coming from your house?
Steve: Oh, it's just my fan
Thanks for including the names and little details on each one, instead of leaving us hanging like some compilations do.
Imagine people asking what kinda music you play and you tell em industrial ......and they tell you they are huge industrial fan
Tbh i love the way the Fan Bass started. Just start the fan up and have it running for dramatic effect 😂 💕🎶
The Nyckelharpa looks like the transitional stage between a Violin and a Hurdy-Gurdy
That’s exactly what I thought
Love the Hurdy Gurdy! I agree!
You are correct, they share a lineage!
Man... I've wanted to make a fan-based instrument for YEARS now! That's so cool that it's actually a thing!
What are you waiting for? Time's ticking
It's nice that you let your fans join in
That hoodie on the last guy... One of the best shows I've been to. \m/
5:06 coolest spontaneous reaction to an idiot ever!
yes why is nobody talking about this 😂
he didn't skip a beat either! 😂
It was in time too haha
A drunk
@@AudoricArt well, he skipped exactly 1 beat
All of these instruments have such a specific vibe to them, like a music aesthetic... for example, the dulcimer sounds like the well worn path between a fairy village and gnome town.
Absolutely beautiful
LOVED THIS! ! small critique is that each instrument could have been demonstrated for much longer FYI....Thank you!
Waited for the Carnyx: Dreadful weapon really eerie sound.
The Carnyx was my favorit here. Awesome sound! I want to hear some carnyx music now!
@Let's Get This Over With I found one song on CZcams. It was like Sun Ra jazz or something... I guess the player likes jazz.
@@theodour8617 got any links?
@@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic5825 czcams.com/video/EOR7VKcSb9k/video.html
"Hey man, I know both your hands are occupied, but can you grow a third arm and gimme high five?"
I love the fan bass and those people that play the tvs, so cool
That dulcimer must have made EVERY 80's TV show intro and outro.
The Factory Fan Bass is probably the coolest instrument i've ever scene. Imagine walking into a gig with that!
This... Is... unique...
Very creative.
Art at it's best.
Awesome creation. 👍
I actually looked up the original, your version made my hair's stand up from hearing the notes.
I was quickly able to remember the name. Cool stuff. 🤘
Unusual AND strange. Remarkable.
That hammered dulcimer player was absolutely fantastic
1:18 this one looks like a violin with extra steps
medieval violin
Does anyone just sit in amazement at how fucking awesome humans are? Like bro....we made this shit with our fucking hands and our hearts.... HUMANITY IS BEAUTIFUL
It's also amazing how horrible we are sometimes
hell yeah humanity is cool, we evolved to play gummy bear on a set of gummy bears :)
yeah for like a minute or two and the rest of the time unfortunately just the worst.
edit
oops moon-moon beat me to it.
I really want a hammered dulcimer now, it sounds so beautiful
That last one was lit. It's like IRL analog hardbass.
5:04: "YOO!"
Second hand embarrassment.. the m8 playing the pipes responded perfectly though
How?, The video it's just 4:27
H o w
There’s a random cut at 2:31 so I think the video was edited
1:06 so it's just a Ikea violin
It comes in a box with a manual and half of the keys are missing.
Portable Swedish orchestra
Now u know it's not a violin
It would be IKEA-violin if keys were allen.
Lmao
BRO THE HIGH FIVE AT THE END WAS PERFECT
That hammered dulcimer was awesome!
They all should play together in one band
Where is the Guiano?
mayonnaise is an instrument
The Strings of a Bow and arrow on a guitar/piano pls!
Are you an engineer ?
(I’m an engineer)
czcams.com/video/hTGJfRPLe08/video.html
*_Japanese War Tuba_*
Awesome!
seeing a guy play a fan changed my life
You know the guy is a music nerd when he starts to play perfect overtones on a wind instrument.
Am i the only one that got shivers down my spine when listening to that pig horn thing?
Not surprised, so did I. That is an ancient Carnyx. It symbolized death and war. If you heard this shit walking down the woods back then, death surely awaited you.
I'm sure the skeleton probably did too 😂