Hello! I'm Keith. I'm a musician, inventor, and guitar teacher. I've invented a few instruments over the years, and my newest one is called the Wicka Wicka Whistle. You can pre-order it for just $39 at theglide.com/whistle
I also invented a melodic instrument called The Glide, and I play in a guitar/cello duo called WireWood.
Just to give some details: 1. It is acoustic and stand-alone. It's not MIDI or connected to a computer, and all the sound is produced because of the air you blow into it. 2. It has a little DC motor that runs off of two 9v batteries. Like a siren, the sound is produced by "chopping" the air that flows into it. What's different is that the pitch is *not* controlled by the amount of force, but by the button. 3. The button is a pressure sensitive resistor that makes the siren disc spin faster when it's pressed harder. It's a little too sensitive to actually play discreet pitches, but is great for the "wicka wicka" stuff I do in this video. Any other questions?
The pressure-modulated resistor it's pretty interesting to this one time electronics tinkerer. I don't think I've ever come across such a unit, but it definitely stokes the imagination!
I guess my question is this: is there a shape that I can make that will have no resonant frequency? Right now it's a bowl, which is a pretty simple shape that definitely has a resonant frequency to it. But if I can use a different shape, I imagine that would improve the ability to hit all of those other frequencies.
There's a yellow diaphragm at the back of that mouthpiece, I'm currently working on a design where you can tighten or loosen the diaphragm with your thumb. I'm hoping to have that video up later. So we'll see!
I kinda think of the cello as a bass guitar and normal guitar hybrid, with some extra qualities. For one the guitar can effectively power chord 3 strings at once, the cello can play 2 strings and the bass really only 1 string at a time effectively, with 2 strings being difficult to play consistently. I’ve got my bowing strength to the point where I only need to use 1mm of hair to make a sound on it without bouncing. The secret to rock and metal is having a lot of rhythmic precision, so music from Bach, Mozart and Vivaldi played somewhat fast will be good practice to getting up to speed.
You're on to something good here (if this is yours), but was a karaoke instrumental track used?It sounds wonky and not very clean/powerful. Also, I bet a bit of the VH vocal can work during the choruses.
