Viola Organista
Five centuries ago a man by the name of Leonardo Da Vinci sat down and sketched a design for something he clearly thought would improve what we now know as classical music. He never built the thing, though. Whatever the reason for not building it, more than 500 years after Da Vinci first sketched up the instrument, it has finally been constructed. (Video)
Mitsuhiro Uchida – Japan Uchida 24-String Guitar
Guitars come in many different shapes and sizes, but it is unlikely that you’ll come across too many that look like these. Here are 20 of the world’s most unusual guitars to pique your imagination. (Pics)
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The Ocarina
Welcome to an orchestra of the 21st century. iPhones are being used as musical instruments in a new course at an American university.
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Terrafon
Musicians have been making music out of weird and wonderful instruments forever and we have seen many of them: vegetable orchestras, bicycle parts, ice and recycled drains and bed springs. And now another addition to this esoteric form of music: the Terrafon. (Pics and vdeo)
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Design firm Pilotfish unveiled on Monday plans to make an advanced music phone, hoping to tap untested demand for music editing on the go. (Pics)
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A group at the Music Technology Group of the University of Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain, might have discovered the future of music. (More videos after the jump)
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The EZ-TP Electronic Teaching Trumpet from Yamaha is now available in Japan. Sorry rest of the world. You’re going to have to wait to get your lips on this one. It’s a digital way to learn the trumpet and share and save your MIDI-produced songs to your computer. The EZ-TP trumpet is designed to react to humming, not your mouth positions.
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Strange instrument, even stranger vocalist. It combines a tiny piano with a ukulele and a kazoo. Even stranger instrument video after the jump
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A Modular Sound Toy
This brightly colored modular recorder is made up of detachable cylinders that can each be separately loaded with a unique digital sound (either by using a PC to drag-and-drop it or by using it to manually record input) which can then be played with a push of a button.
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Fitting your car with a high-tech music system for some superb acoustic pleasures seems to be within the reach of every guy in your neighborhood. It’s only when you have your whole vehicle modified in to a mobile music system, you can get eyebrows raised in total admiration! That’s exactly what musical equipment manufacturer Vox did.
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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