Sunday, April 17, 2011

Beer bottles as musical instruments


They make for an interesting sound - and provide useful exercise to the musicians!

Here's "Flight of the Bumblebee" by Rimsky-Korsakov:







and a Hungarian folk tune or "Czardas", composer unknown (I know Vittorio Monti composed a piece with that title, but this doesn't sound like it):







I guess the bottles' musical usefulness provides another good excuse for students to go out and buy more beer!



Peter
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3 comments:

  1. skreidleApril 18, 2011 at 12:02 AM

    While the Flight of the Bumblebee setup is impressive, I prefer this arrangement of the Victoria Bitter theme, performed on/with bottles by members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUru7nSyKxQ

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  2. Guffaw in AZApril 18, 2011 at 11:14 AM

    We need an excuse?

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  3. Rev. PaulApril 18, 2011 at 7:57 PM

    "another good excuse for students to go out and buy more beer!"

    That's their story, and they're sticking to it.

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