Icelandic Musical Innovations

[Mark Stayton]

And now, for the musician who has (almost) everything, it's the whole-body squeezebox.

 

See it here.

 

What I'd like to know is, is it an English or a Duet? It can't possibly be an anglo since he's playing classical music on it.

[Greg Jowaisas]

Thanks for sharing, Mark! When I got done wiping the tears of laughter from my eyes I was left to ponder why the rest of us even bother to try. Great!

 

Greg

[David Barnert]

I can't see it. It seems to require a plug-in that I don't have and my browser can't find. If it's a still picture, could someone please capture it and send it to me in gif format?

 

Thanx.

[Henk van Aalten]

I have the same problem as David (and I expect more of us will have), so maybe it is better to capture and post a gif to the forum.

 

Added later: I discovered it is a video located at: http://media.hugi.is/hahradi/fyndnar/maestro_1.wmv

 

It 's a far as I could see (through my tears of laughter!) a French type, without any wriststraps (so probably not an anglo) but full of scattered accidentals

Edited June 8, 2004 by Henk van Aalten

[premo]

Wonderful stuff.

 

Can't be an anglo though, same note for the same button (horn) every time so not bisonic(!?).

 

What a terrific idea for a morris single jig!

[JimLucas]

Can't be an anglo though, same note for the same button (horn) every time so not bisonic(!?).

Hmm. If each bulb produced one note when it was squeezed and another when it was released, imagine the contortions that would be needed to sound release-notes only at the right times.

 

What a terrific idea for a morris single jig!

Why not a double jig? Or even a chorus line, doing full orchestral arrangements!

[synchopepper]

Maybe this can be worked into a variation of the old game "Twister" we all played as kids - a real contact sport! It could make for some vary interesting combos.

[JimLucas]

Maybe this can be worked into a variation of the old game "Twister" we all played as kids....

Your next move has to sound the next note -- on either your body or someone else's -- of a melody chosen in advance?

[Helen]

Oh this is sooo funny. Thanks Henk, I couldn't get it the first connection. Well I have a very slow server, but boy was this worth the wait.

 

Helen

[David Barnert]

I have the same problem as David (and I expect more of us will have), so maybe it is better to capture and post a gif to the forum.

 

Added later: I discovered it is a video located at: http://media.hugi.is/hahradi/fyndnar/maestro_1.wmv

This is so frustrating! It's obviously a lot of fun, but I still can't get it. I spent 20 minutes downloading the .wmv file only to discover that wmv stands for Windows Media Video, and I don't do Windows. If anybody sees a way to make it accessible (QuickTime?), please let me know. Otherwise I'll try it on the Windows box at work when I return Monday.

[Michael Reid]

This is so frustrating! It's obviously a lot of fun, but I still can't get it. I spent 20 minutes downloading the .wmv file only to discover that wmv stands for Windows Media Video, and I don't do Windows. If anybody sees a way to make it accessible (QuickTime?), please let me know.

Oddly enough, Microsoft makes a "Windows Media Player" for Macs. The OS X version is a free 7.0 MB download. It worked exactly as advertised with my Apple Safari browser ... no restart was needed.

 

After the install, I clicked the link in Henk's post (the fourth in this thread). There was a pause of several seconds, during which I saw only a white screen. But then the download began, and it played automatically upon completion.