MetaFilter posts tagged with instruments

Got a push broom? Here's some Beethoven.

jeanmari — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:33:39 -0800

Atrapa-sons, an amusing and educational television show from TV3 Catalonia in Spain, entertains you with musical numbers creatively composed using ordinary household objects, including rakes, potatoes, surgical gloves, forearm crutches, and brooms. Grab some pots and spoons and join in!

10 Magnificently Modern Musical Instruments

Joe Beese — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:58:14 -0800

10 Magnificently Modern Musical Instruments

Vegetable musical instruments

scarello — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:53:52 -0800

Ever wanted to play a white radish like a flute? Or maybe a carrot clarinet? Or perhaps a cucumber trumpet?

pretty pickings

madamjujujive — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:42:06 -0800

20 pretty painted guitars. (via Nag on the Lake) More painted guitars: Music Saves Lives - Gibson Guitar Project GZ Guitars Luna's Henna Guitars Prior thread on 50 painted Dean Guitars, a tribute to Dimebag Darrell

Oddstrument

Upton O'Good — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:36:56 -0800

Oddstrument is a blog about unusual musical instruments and other interesting acoustic technologies.

Listen Explore Discover Create

netbros — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:09:46 -0800

SoundJunction is all about music. You can take music apart and find out how it works, create music yourself, find out how other people make music and how they perform it, you can learn about musical instruments and voices, and look at the backgrounds of different musical styles. Over 40 musicians talk on film about their experiences. Browse freely about the site or use the Learning Trail Forum to explore particular subjects and issues. If you are a music teacher, there are teacher resources and materials for exams. But what would a site about music be without the music itself?

If you like a ukulele lady, a ukulele lady like-a you

jbickers — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:07:17 -0800

"Tained Love" on ukulele. What's that you say - you want more ukulele covers? Okay, since you insisted. What's that? You want to learn to play? Here's a good starting point for tabs and chords. Here's another. Here's another. And here are some tips on what to look for when buying a used uke (PDF). And to round out your experience, here's a fairly comprehensive history of the instrument.

No, not THAT kind of baloon organ...

Ogre Lawless — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:38:34 -0800

Surely this must be a double, right? I mean, you've got this great and strange program, Addi's Inflatable Minute, and this incredibly strange but somewhat haunting instrument and its all in one You Tube Link? People don't actually make this sort of content in real life, do they?

A Resource For and About Songwriters

netbros — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:53:39 -0800

The Muse's Muse Songwriting Resource is the place for songwriting tips, tools, interactivities and connecting with other songwriters around the world. See the section about musical instruments or get into the guitar player's guide. Start communicating with other musicians and songwriters in the forums and check out the music reviews. Lots to do, see, hear, learn, and most of all, enjoy.

Virtual Band

tellurian — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:08:42 -0800

I've been wowing my colleagues by creating beautiful music from words from my head.

Rock Stars, Guitars n' More

KevinSkomsvold — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:33:14 -0800

Oh, but it's much more than just guitars. How about a John Lennon set list from 1974? Maybe Bon Scott's tour jacket is more your thing. Me? I want the Mr. Big tour cases because they're in mint/hardly used condition.

Correct.

Jimbob — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:34:15 -0800

Now spell "angel"! A Texas Instruments "Speak n Spell" simulator.

Sounds from all around

flapjax at midnite — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:45:22 -0800

If you're interested in musical instruments from all over the world, Wesleyan University's Virtual Instrument Museum should not be missed. Instruments are searchable by type (idiophones, aerophones, etc.), by materials (wood, bamboo, etc.), or by geographic region. The photos are very good, and many instruments are represented by excellent MP3 audio clips. And the exhibits (QTVR movies: drag your mouse to see the instrument from all angles) are wonderful.

Historical medical instruments

tellurian — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:08:32 -0800

Phisick - Beautifully presented historical medical instruments. Check out the French Nasal Rectificateur. Take a look these ear trumpets too: 1, 2, 3, 4. [Click on the images in the top strip for alternate views and close-ups]

Art of the Plastic Brick

IndigoJones — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:57:17 -0800

Henry Lim composes sonatas and film scores. He also has a serious thing for Lego. The Hepburn portrait, Natalie Portman portrait, Beethoven and Fab Four portraits are impressive enough, but it is the full size, fully playable Harpsichord that demonstrates some kind of heroism. (mp3 included- to be listened to only once, really, or not even that.)

The Woodwork Artistry of Philippe Guillerm

jonson — Sat, 27 May 2006 20:07:01 -0800

Philippe Guillerm is a woodworker whose art is comprised of various classical string instruments in whimsical, almost anthropomorphized positions

Electric guru: Les Paul at 90

madamjujujive — Sat, 18 Jun 2005 11:00:12 -0800

"Now I need to take a piece of wood and make it sound like the railroad track, but I also had to make it beautiful and lovable so that a person playing it would think of it in terms of his mistress, a bartender, his wife, a good psychiatrist." Les Paul interview and his recent 90th birthday celebration. via Kill Ugly Radio. (more...)

Exotic performing electronic music instruments

misteraitch — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:12:45 -0800

Dewanatron : a family of electronic instruments ‘which hazard unpredictable behaviors and self playing tendencies.’ See, for example, the Alphatron, the Dual-Primate Console, and the Courtesy Modulator. Besides his work as an instrument- and furniture-maker, the Dewanatrons’ co-creator, Brian Dewan, is a musician and singer who has collaborated with They Might Be Giants, among others. He is also a visual artist, who has created numerous filmstrips, and who was responsible for the ‘flying victrola’ design for the the Neutral Milk Hotel album ‘In The Aeroplane Over the Sea.’

Uke gotta see these!

scody — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 11:01:24 -0800

Are they ukuleles, or are they books? Think Joseph Cornell goes Hawaiian.

Dance to the Beat of a Homemade Drummer

jonp72 — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 01:32:05 -0800

The piatarbajo, the chromelodeon, the trimba, cloud chamber bowls, the simeon, the pyrophone, the virtual rhythmicon, cigar box guitars, the skatar, and all the other assorted instruments by musical visionaries who find guitar, bass, drums, and the symphony orchestra too confining.

Too many tear drops

drezdn — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 00:57:25 -0800

Banned by the Vatican and created by a tone deaf engineer... presenting the Hammond.

Inventions for music

Quartermass — Wed, 25 Aug 2004 08:15:48 -0800

Radel Electronics Pvt. Ltd.: electronic musical instruments for Indian music.

a series of expressions

the fire you left me — Sat, 10 Jul 2004 18:20:25 -0800

120 Years of Electronic Music. Electronic musical instruments 1870 -1990.

Vintage resonator instruments.

eastlakestandard — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 13:31:05 -0800

Notecannons. An online pictorial history of National brand stringed instruments from 1920 - present.

Rauschpfeife!

Ufez Jones — Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:09:11 -0800

Musica Antiqua: A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments. Complete with both .wav and .mp3 samples.