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Another post about music instruments Can you guess what this is? Click the mysterious pandora's box to open it.

Hey hey people. Is time for another music appreciation or rather music bites. Prepared piano Screws Bread Clip Chomp Chomp Chomp! (Feeling so hungry now after composing the first few lines..) So what is? prepared music?.. you are probably wondering.. Hmm Is it the practices a performer have to do before each performance. There is this Chinese saying "台上一分鈡，台下十年功" which means you need ten years of hard work to perform a single minute on stage. .. or is it the fine tuning of musical instruments before the show, getting their tune to sync.

Cajon in Spanish literally means drawer. This is one little instrument that I would love to have it in my home.. who knows may be someday I might consider building one myself!!.. but my mum would definitely nag at me since she does not like "unnecessary things" to be seen in her house o.o Cajon Drum In a Box Some of you might not have seen Cajon before as it is not a mainstream instrument. I only got to realize about this wooden box looking instrument 3 years ago? Yeah.. 3 years ago and in actual fact this is considered quite an old instrument compared to some other uncommon instruments that I have blogged about earlier. Still remember vividly the first time when I saw somebody beat a box, I was blown away by the sound it produced.. How can a box sounded so much like a drum kit's bass and snare.

Is time for another weird instrument. Check out my list of exotic instruments if you haven't. This time round is a 21st century instrument. Started its development by Eigenlab a UK company in 2001 and was introduced to the world in 2009. Eigenharp is by far one of the most expressive electronic instrument I have seen. Its design is very unique, unlike any kind of instruments you've seen before.. is like having various instruments and a computer crammed together as one..

uuuueeeeeeeeehhhhhh.... auuuuuuueee.. heh cough* oh Hi there! I was just trying out overtone singing. yeah is fun lol. I find this vocal sound rather intriguing at the same time unusually entertaining.. Khusugtun Overtone Singer This singing technique is believed to have originated from Mongolia, dated back in the period of Genghis Khan. Traditional art of Mongolian overtone throat singing is often coupled with the sound of horse head fiddle. The Mongolians refer this throat singing technique as hoomii or khoomii. By dexterously controlling the lips muscles, larynx, pharynx and the air flow (pressure), one is capable of producing harmonic partials. Simply put it as they can produce two different notes simultaneously. Is something like a bagpipe or hulusi, a sustaining sound of a drone accompanied by the sound of a chanter.

Lyre Harp  So what is this Aeolian Wind harp? I only know what is korean's bibimbap  Aeolian harp is named after Greek God Aeolus, the god keeper of wind. No one is suppose to play this harp, thy Aeolus will play it for you. What I meant is let the wind play the harp for you. This is an old instrument and it became very popular during the romantic period. Even Robert Schumann referenced one of Chopins' Etude as Aeolian Harp (Etude Op. 25, No.1). Lets hear how the harp sound before we move on to the physics of how it works.

Spongebob: Hi! That Patrick Star what is starrboard ? does it shaped like you? That patrick star: uhNo? but it kinda look like you. Spongebob: oh. ah. i see .. so what do you do with it? That patrick star: You play with it? Spongebob: oooohhh.. Both: gahahahaa gahahahaa ....

Sliced Kiwi On Tray What is EWI? What a weird name for a musical instrument. It makes me feel like eating KIWI, the hairy fruit not the bird. EWI known as Electronic Wind Instrument. Was invented by Nyle Steiner in the 1960s. The fingering system is similar to that of a saxophone and clarinet. Since EWI is a Midi powered device you can basically play any instruments or synthesized sound with it.  If you don't understand what a Midi device is just think of as an electronic keyboard with a library of pre-set instruments.

I am in  obsession  with Japanese culture and their music. Let's start of this post by telling you how I discover this interesting instrument. It took me a long time to realize what this odd shaped hourglass instrument is called... How many of you knew about this PSP game, Patapon??? It's a fairly engaging rhythmic game.. whereby you need to march those little black eyeball imps to fight off monsters..with the help of the different drums.. So I was playing this game on my psp.. there is this particular mini game that caught my interest... I 'll show you a clip of the minigame that I was playing.. pata pata pata pon..

Ever wonder how the sound effect of laser gun was made in star wars?.. I use to think that it was probably "created" through extensive tweaking by some sound engineers  .. But it was NOT! You must be thinking Har!?. You must be kidding me.. how can zapping sound of the laser be made by an ordinary object...

Benjamin Franklin ?? huh what has he got to do with sound n glass armonica ?  Aint he the electricity guy? Yup you are Right! He is the guy who flew a kite in the storm. Well I will not go into detail about the little experiment he did, if you are interested you can click on this link  Ben Franklin Kite flying Story . (PS:probably this is how he invented the lighting rod) So what has this thunder guy got to do with music? Did he made the musical tesla? Of course not. But he is the guy who invented The Glass Harmonica.

Any idea what is a Cuica ?  Austin Power asking you a question Some of you might have heard the sound before but never pay much attention to it. Is used commonly in samba music. Well Soul Bossa-Nova by Quincy Jones really leaves me a great impression of this instrument. Here is a clue. Yeah baby! It sounds like a laughing hyena