Category: Woodwind Instruments

Glassharmonica & quartet / AdagioK617-Mozart by Thomas Bloch »

I found this Mozart piece to be the perfect complement to this beautifully laid-back Sunday afternoon. I hope you do too. Please relax, open your ears, and enjoy the wonderful sound of the glass armonica:

Via YouTube:
Complete first movement (Adagio) from the famous Mozart “Adagio und Rondo” K.617 for Glassharmonica and Quartet by Thomas [...]

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. [...]

Liquid-Gas-Solid Fusion »

Powered by three states of matter (excluding plasma), a violin (solid), a clarinet (gas), and a hydraulophone (liquid) come together to produce this unique version of “Summertime.” Steve Mann (center) is the inventor of the modern hydraulophone.

Broccoli ocarina »

This guy, what a character, can do some amazing things with fresh produce; bell peppers, carrots, asparagus, you name it, he’s played it (or ate it). Although the music isn’t enlightening, the instruments are innovative, cutting-edge. This guy has that extraordinary spark, that creative rebellion, that audio-love, that this blog is trying to [...]

Bone oboe »

This unique oboe is made of animal tusk and metal. It is known as “haidi,” which in Mongolian means ‘flute of the sea.’
Source: face-music.ch