The most unusual musical instruments

5 pieces

Bonang

The invention of Indonesian musicians who play gamelan - the traditional national orchestras. According to the Javanese myth, gamelan (in translation, "hammering") created Sang Huang Guru in the year 239 AD.
Bali bonang has a twin brother called reong. They - like two peas similar.





Didgeridoo

Its origin is attributed to the Australian Aborigines, but this tool is so old that no one knows for sure who invented it. Many musicologists claim that this is the world's oldest aerophone (a musical instrument made a sound in the wind), which is already about 40 thousand. Years.
Interesting fact: a recent study publication "British Medical Journal" says that playing the didgeridoo helps to cure snoring and apnea (temporary cessation of breathing) during sleep, as the game is a tool to strengthen the muscles of the upper airway. Still, try to blow into a tube ...



Tsabuna

And the invention of Greek shepherds about 2 thousand years.
Tsabuna made of goatskin, which inflates when inhaling through a special mouthpiece. On the other hand tools - trumpet, flute likeness, which is played with your fingers.
Curious fact: despite the fact that he is a bit like bagpipes, at no extra tsambuny pipe, which extracts the characteristic Scottish sounds.



Hang

This tool created relatively recently - just eight years ago in Bern, Switzerland.
It's kind of a mixture of a metal drum and instrument of the gamelan orchestra. This piece is made of metal, but it is played on the fingers and palms greater than sticks.
In the local dialect of German, «hang» means "human hand" and can be pronounced as "Hang" or as "hong".



Glass Harmonica

Invented is a miracle in 1761, Benjamin Franklin. "Of all my inventions, glass harmonica brought me the greatest pleasure," - he said once.
Interesting fact: this tool is so fond of Mozart, he wrote especially for him two works (Adagio and Rondo).



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