I guess music, like beauty, is in the eye (or should that be the ear?) of the beholder (belistener?). There are those who maintain that the sound of a well-tuned car engine is music to the ears. I've never thought of it that way, but then I've never been mechanically inclined. De gustibus non est disputandum...
Be that as it may, here are a few musical "instruments" that challenge one's definition of that term. I find the first three interesting and enjoyable in their own way; the last one is more of a stretch, but I think it's still creative. Musicians may disagree.
How's that for stretching musical horizons?
Peter
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The first two examples are remarkable for showing lots of thought and workmanship -- how many hours to set up Back in the forest? How many parts in the marble "organ"?
Improvised instruments can be fun -- one used to see buskers hammering away on empty 5 gallon buckets in Boston.
To make a pun, things went downhill from there. The last one -- has closed captions stating "diasassociated clatter" in one segment. An apt term for that collection of junk.
Part of the third video reminds me of the dance troupe StompOutLoud.
Re Music, I recommend for viewing an excellent documentary by Ethan Hawke: "Seymour - An Introduction":
https://www.tvo.org/video/documentaries/seymour-an-introduction
Pianist who was a soldier in Korean War. Former virtuoso with concerts etc and teacher later in life. It is very interesting from several points of view: his life, philosophy about music and the role it plays, there are things about religion too.
Interesting 'music'...
Before I scrolled down, I had guessed that the fourth one was going to be bagpipes...
Wow, only the Japanese could combine advanced woodworking to create such a elaborate xylophone, set it up in the forest and use high tech cameras and microphones to do this!
Way impressed.
I, for one, would not put any part of my anatomy anywhere near that Marble Machine. Hats off to the musician. (Operator?)
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