'The Last Transit of Venus' for Glass Armonica 

Add the kalimba and you’re golden

@Constantinos CHRISTODOULAKIS I don’t know, I wish there was some sort of wide open global resource that you could type any word into and it would give information on it, hmm... Lol as a fellow prog metal fan i can’t be that sarcastic to you, it’s an acoustic instrument with metal tines that you pluck with your fingers, it sounds really cool, you should check videos on it

@Constantinos CHRISTODOULAKIS A sad truth, but who knows, maybe it’ll catch on someday

@Constantinos CHRISTODOULAKIS My cousin plays the Glass Armonica, so it has a chance I guess. But he is like a music professor n shit in the classical industry so not really with any influence in metal sadly. But yeah, any of these antithetical instruments are possible I guess either way, even if not currently present

Another instrument to add: the tongue drum

You can produce same sound with bunch of wineglasses and water. It's simple sience. Glass resonates at specific wavelength and produces sound. Size of glass and amount of water affect on resonance, causing different sounds. Even kids often do this at certain age without knowing, and end up noticing the sound. I was about 7 when i noticed resonance of glass, while playing around with wineglasses. If you drag your finger along the edge of wineglass with water, you can produce similar sound. You should put some water to the edge of glass as well, and/or in ur finger. This helps it to resonate better. Also the reason why wineglass and glass armonica works better than average glass is the bowl shape, that resonates better.

That's quite interesting.

According to QI that was probably due to lead poisoning as they used to use lead glass.

This is stupid

Bad playing does make one go insane.... practice helps! 🙃

It is the players who went insane - it was considered a "dangerous art" - lead glass (and hours and hours of practice)

Glad you enjoy it!

Listen to a theramin it's beautifulru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vhRlmBSNjIE.html

Your initiation is complete

Humanity banned this instrument in the 18th century cuz they thought it summoned demons. Youp, thats humanity for you. -_-

Humans are a strange contradiction, that’s for sure.

@@henkkahenrik4183 lmao

That comment is epic!

Benjamin Franklin invented this version of the glass harmonica!

Thank you! I have not laughed so hard in years! Its really earlier and my family is asleep or at least they were, I'm sure I woke someone up shit maybe even my neighbor....funniest comment on RU-vid!!!!!at least in my book...thanks again!

Too funny.

"I'll have what she's having."

Shut up David

One of my grandsons is a teenager who’s studying music, and is deeply involved in his HS jazz band. Although he’s in this mode right now of “All great music is based on jazz” phase, I’m in the process of trying to teach him that all great music, and indeed the highest form of music and musicianship is classical. (Even though I’m an old metalhead 😁) I’m hoping he develops a love and respect for it, if for no other reason than its status as the top of the music food chain, so to speak.

maybe the key was lightning What an incredible design

Benjamin Franklin, a genius, a man ahead of his time. As was Leonardo DaVinci. His instrument, finally brought to life: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sv3py3Ap8_Y.html

.. and the ONLY President of the United States -- who was NEVER President of the United States!

ObiWanShinobi1, to his credit Franklin actually invented things that were made in his lifetime, and made very profitably too. Da Vinci almost certainly had a greater intellect than Franklin, which is not to demean Franklin's at all. However, Da Vinci wasn't a very organized or practical person, and few of any of Da Vinci's inventions were ever made, while Franklin's were and still are.

not even close

Damn. Nice.

Why would he do that!? He invented the darn thing, he has his own!

Haha! Perfect.

Thank you!

I hope so!

:-)

Thanks!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Actually there's such a thing as URANIUM glass, and that's what REAL men play!

And thats why they were banned in the first place. Players used to lick their fingers to add resonance, got lead poisoning which either drugged them or knocked them out, sometimes even killed them, and of course people from 18th century thought that the instrument summoned demons and drove people insane, and banned it instead of looking for the cause... -_-'''

Some people in the comments here think that listening to these for too long drives you insane, while also stating that they don’t know exactly why, which the the modern equivalent of the old demon tale.

Ouch! Sorry to hear that!

+Otakume yes

Oh, yes

dont lick your hands!! XD

YES.

Misheru yes 😂

Glad you think so!