Everyone enjoys music and most of us have even tried to make music at some point in our lives. You may know the traditional musical instruments used to make music like the piano, flute, guitar, etc. but there are some strangest instruments ever created to make music, Check out the list below
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PIKASSO GUITAR
The Pikasso Guitar is a modified harp guitar, it has four necks, two sound holes and 42 strings. it was created by Linda Manzer In 1984
Pat Metheny an American jazz guitarist and composer requested Manzer to build a guitar that had “as many strings as possible.”
STYLOPHONE
The Stylophone is a tiny analogue keyboard played using a stylus, Brian Jarvis invented it.
Each note is produced by tapping the keyboard with a stylus.
THEREMIN
The theremin is an electronic musical instrument that the performer controls, without making physical touch. It bears the name of its creator, Leon Theremin, who filed a patent for the invention in 1928.
THE GLASS HARMONICA
The glass harmonica is a sort of musical instrument that creates musical tones by friction between a number of glass bowls. Benjamin Franklin invented it in 1761
THE WINTERGATAN MARBLE MACHINE
The Wintergatan Marble Machine is a handcrafted music box that uses a hand crank and 2,000 marbles to power a kick drum, bass, vibraphone, and other instruments.
SINGING TESLA COIL – ZEUSAPHONE
Zeusaphone is a variety of solid-state Tesla coil that has been altered to generate musical tones by varying its spark output.
CRWTH
The crwth is a bowed lyre that is now ancient but was originally played widely throughout Europe. It is particularly linked with Welsh music.
TOHA
The toha is a circular harp with two parts of 44 strings each. Face-to-face, two musicians each use the tips of their fingers or nails to perform.
HYDRAULOPHONE
The hydraulophone resembles an organ in appearance. It makes notes by using the player’s hands and a continuous stream of water.
NYCKELHARPA
The Nyckelharpa, often known as the keyed violin, is a 600-year-old Swedish tradition. In the contemporary version, which has 16 strings and 37 keys that slide below them to make notes, similar to guitar frets, the instrument has frets.
WHEELHARP
The wheel harp is renowned for producing the full, multi-stringed sounds of multiple instruments at once. 61 bowed strings are essentially controlled by a keyboard, which makes a single artist seem like a whole orchestra!