Unusual Music Instruments

Students are learning music in a well-rounded way by playing unusual instruments at the Tampa Music School. From tissue box ukuleles, to egg-shaker maracas and overturned buckets as drums, students ...

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Haymes calls himself a “utility infielder” in Ramblin Jug Stompers, responsible for many of the unusual sounds that don’t come from the typical stringed instruments in acoustic bands. At the band’s ...

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Since the first of our ancestors discovered that banging a stick on a hollow log makes a jolly sound, we hominids have been finding new and unusual ways to make music. We haven’t come close to tapping ...

MSN: The instruments behind the hits - unusual sounds that made songs famous

The instruments behind the hits - unusual sounds that made songs famous

Forbes: The Physics Of An Unusual Music Instrument And Duck Herder Shelter

Albuquerque Journal: A unique sound: Scrap Arts Music concert event features 145 handmade invented instruments

A unique sound: Scrap Arts Music concert event features 145 handmade invented instruments

Musical innovation and uniqueness is what tends to set great artists apart from their contemporaries. Especially when it comes to the use of creative, unorthodox, or perhaps odd, instruments. Or ...

San Diego Union-Tribune: Harry Partch’s priceless musical instruments return to San Diego after 33-year odyssey

A treasure trove of unique musical instruments invented and built by pioneering composer Harry Partch between 1930 and 1972 were quietly returned to San Diego last week, ending a 33-year-long ...

Harry Partch’s priceless musical instruments return to San Diego after 33-year odyssey

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African gourd crafting is a traditional art that has been used for centuries to make musical instruments. Gourds are hollowed out and shaped to make various instruments that are integral to African ...