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2. Ugly stick - Wikipedia

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   One of the musical instruments that we are all looking forward to which will be arriving from Newfoundland is the Ugly Stick. A home-made device that is bound to produce a definite beat of its own, the ugly stick is made of a broom handle with a boot on one end and beer caps tied along the handle which creates a unique sound.

3. Comb and paper - Wikipedia

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   Comb and paper is a rudimentary musical instrument which consists of a comb with a piece of paper pressed to it. To play it, one has to press their lips to the paper pressed to the comb and sing or vocalize into it. The voice makes the paper vibrate and changes the voice quality.

4. Bart Hopkin - Wikipedia

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   Making Musical Instruments with Kids, See Sharp Press; Slap Tubes and other plosive Aerophones – Bart Hopkin and Philip Dadson, Experimental Musical Instruments; Getting a Bigger Sound – Bart Hopkin with Robert Cain and Jason Lollar; Making Marimbas and Other Bar Percussion Instruments – Bart Hopkin and Carl Dean with Christopher Banta

5. Hurdy-gurdy - Wikipedia

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   Ancient kings playing an organistrum at the Pórtico de la Gloria in the Catedral de Santiago de Compostela in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The hurdy-gurdy is generally thought to have originated from fiddles in either Europe or the Middle East (e.g., the rebab instrument) before the eleventh century A.D. [2] The first recorded reference to fiddles in Europe was in the 9th century by the ...

6. Whirly tube - Wikipedia

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   The whirly tube, corrugaphone, or bloogle resonator, also sold as Free-Ka in the 1960s-1970s, is an experimental musical instrument which consists of a corrugated (ribbed) plastic tube or hose (hollow flexible cylinder), open at both ends and possibly wider at one end , the thinner of which is rotated in a circle to play. It may be a few feet ...

7. Musical instrument - Wikipedia

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   A musical instrument is used to make musical sounds. Once humans moved from making sounds with their bodies — for example, by clapping—to using objects to create music from sounds, musical instruments were born. [1] Primitive instruments were probably designed to emulate natural sounds, and their purpose was ritual rather than entertainment ...

8. Reed (mouthpiece) - Wikipedia

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   A reed (or lamella) is a thin strip of material that vibrates to produce a sound on a musical instrument. Most woodwind instrument reeds are made from Arundo donax ("Giant cane") or synthetic material. Tuned reeds (as in harmonicas and accordions) are made of metal or synthetics. Musical instruments are classified according to the type and ...

9. Shruti box - Wikipedia

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   The shruti box is also used in classical singing. In classical singing, the shruti box is used to help tune the voice. The use of the shruti box has widened with the cross-cultural influences of world music and new-age music to provide a drone for many other instruments as well as vocalists and mantra singing. Adjustable buttons allow tuning.