Category: Aerophones

The longest concert ever has reached its 6th note! »

The slowest piece of music ever is currently being played in the church of St. Burchardi in Halberstadt, Germany. John Cage’s project is called ORGAN2/ASLSP (for ‘as slow as possible’). It began in 2000 and has just reached it’s sixth note! The next musical change is said to happen in November, 2008.

The project [...]

Gigantic accordions »

If there was such a thing as a portable grand piano, this would be it’s compliment:

From the October 1937 issue of Popular Science:
“Six persons can play simultaneously on a gigantic accordion exhibited [around 1937] in Germany. Over six feet high, the mammoth musical instrument has a keyboard covering more than ten octaves. Casters [...]

Flight of the Bumble Bee on accordion »

Oh my goodness, beat that! Flight of the Bumble Bee on the accordion (a free-reed aerophone and also known as a squeeze box!) by Alexander Dmitriev.

Home-made PVC pipe aerophone »

Songs played:
“1979″ -Smashing Pumpkins
“Annie Waits” -Ben Folds
Donnie Darko theme song
This aerophone was built using PVC pipe and a maple frame. You’d be surprised how many instruments can be made out of PVC pipe: didgeridoos, organs, hydraulophones, potato launchers, etc.
Tyler (the instruments creator) wants to sell his PVC aerophone. I’m not sure if he [...]

Smoking didgeridoo bursts into flames »

This is an incredible video of Bruce Copley, world-renowned musician-healer-educator, playing the ancient fire stick technique.

From Aahalearning:
Using the ancient fire stick technique a coal ember is created from the didge wood and placed with kindling into the end of the didgeridoo. By playing a very rapid rhythm, the ember ignites and becomes a fire that [...]

Dual-chamber, forked didgeridoo »

The dual-chamber didgeridoo is an illusive instrument to find on the internet but I did find this side-ways video of two people playing the same didge.. *jaw drop* ..at the same time! Think of the possibilities…

The didgeridoo (or didjeridu) is said to be the oldest wind instrument, dating back 1500 years to Aboriginal Austrailia. [...]