Everyday Items Used as Musical Instruments
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Oftentimes people use everyday items to make rhythm or to make melody, usually because they are bored. Sometimes, though it is more intentional and even bands have been made around home-made instruments using just stuff around the house.
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Pencils or Pens
These also are very common to keep a rhythm. If someone has to have one of these objects in their hands, then using them to tap is very easy to do.
29 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
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Rubber Bands
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Body parts such as Fingers, Hands or Feet
This is probably the most common. People will tap these body parts to keep some sort of rhythm to whatever song is in their heads, so it makes the top of the list, especially since these instruments are with people all the time.
22 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
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Balloons
Balloons are great. You can stretch the opening so that it is thin and let the air out slowly. A high pitch sound results. A talented person can control the pitch well and even bring rhythm to it, making it an excellent musical instrument.
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Straws in a liquid
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Spoons
This is a very old means of making music. Taking two spoons and putting the concave ends together and snapping them together. Somewhat like home-made castanets. Very practical and useful. Some people are very talented with doing the spoons.
19 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
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Tapping different Glasses with water in them at different levels
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Blowing air over top of a Bottle
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Straws put Together
Straws can be put together in various configurations to make the sound of various instruments. I saw a video of a man from Japan who was able to make sounds of instruments such as the clarinet and the trumpet simply by putting together everyday straws in very specific configurations. Quite amazing really.
15 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster - 1 comment
Comments:
cool
Added 7 years ago by guest, 2 points
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Comb and piece of paper as harmonica
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Hand Saw
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Beans inside two paper plates glued together
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clipboard
If you attach a piece of paper to clipboard secure the clipboard at a slight incline, you can use two pencils as your "fingers" for the "piano'
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Debit/credit card on a hard surface
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Tapping on a Hollow Piece of Wood
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Blowing air over opening of jugs
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Phone keypad
saw a crazy video where asian boy played Senbonzakura on house phone. Amazing
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Sandpaper rubbed together
-1 point - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
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Blown up Latex Gloves, much like balloons
-3 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
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Old washboard w/ brush or wooden spoon
-4 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
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Rubbing Sticks together
-5 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
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Old washtub w/ Broom handle and string between tub and top of handle as a String Base
-13 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
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Breaking glass
-17 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
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