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Title: a few DIY musical instruments from Dennis Havlena View count: 379547 Rating: 4.8653617 (1686 ratings) Description: Hi - Here's a short sampling of a few of the simple folk instruments whose construction is detailed on my webpage at http://DennisHavlena.com This video was made in my back yard, on the spur of the moment and is not intended to be fancy music -- just to show some of the instruments, which include -- in order: - 3 string cookie-tin banjo with weed- whip line strings. Tune is "the Cuckoo". - "Tambiro" made from a new (never-been-filled) 20 Lb. propane tank. Building this instrument gave me the idea for inventing my propane tank "hank drum" (a humble alternative to the hang drum) - My "Fiddle-Gurdy" combination fiddle & Hurdy Gurdy. Much fun! I apologize for the squeak here and there -- I was impatient to get things on Youtube. Tune is an old French Canadian Voyageur's melody, "En Roullant Ma Boulle". Inspiration from Yuichi Onoue's "Kaisatsuko". - My 4-string, full sized wash-tub bass. Holds it's own nicely in a band situation. - Simple Hardanger fiddle conversion. 4 strings playing & 4 strings sympathetic that run through a tunnel carved into the underside of the fingerboard. Tunes are "Road to Boston" (aka "Col. Greene's March") and "Over the Waterfall". - Low D Tin-Whistle made from a shower-curtain rod for a few dollars. Tune is made up on the spot (& it sounds it!). - Octave Mandolin (aka bozouki, cittern) converted from an old guitar. Tune is the "Boys of Bluehill" hornpipe. PS: I just put another short video on YouTube of my PVC tubing instrument that plays like a hang drum, at this web address: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5dD4KkJcAw PS: Also see my propane-tank hank drum at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=bpMS15kJyOY&mode=related&search= My webpage describing building these instruments is at this URL: http://DennisHavlena.com Thanks! GREAT NEWS: although a real, Swiss-made hang drum is extremely difficult to obtain these days, Pantheon Steel, a maker of beautiful steel drums ("steel pans") is just starting to sell their version of the Hang drum called the HALO hand-pan. See halo.pantheonsteel.com for details. They have a demo video & the Halo sounds beautiful! Later note: also see this youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnuotnkspEo Tags: diy, make, build, instruments, fiddle, kaisatsuko, bass, hang, drum, tambiro, banjo, hardanger, low, bouzouki, homemade, gurdy, hank, Author: dhavlena |
