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[-] orclev@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

But this doesn't answer the most important question, is it a didgeriphone or a saxodoo?

[-] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

Saxophonist here, it's professionally known as a saxoridoo.

[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

The video is subtitled “Saxo-didge”.

[-] Revered_Beard@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I think it's 100% a didgeridoo, but one that has been molded into a shape superficially resembling a saxophone.

As a longtime didg player, I can tell you that the thing that makes this absolutely worth every penny is not how light it is, the paint job, etc, but the fact that it can hit so many "hoot" notes (what they call "trumpets"), and that each hoot note is tuned to be in the same scale as the main drone.

Most didgeridoos have only one, or maybe two hoot notes, but I watched some other videos of these things being played, and I'm seeing four or five hoot notes, in addition to the main drone.

At that point, it's starting to grow beyond the realm of wind percussion instrument, into something that can play melodies.

[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 11 points 3 weeks ago

That's a wild looking thing! Had no idea that was a thing.

Cross posted this to !obscureinstruments@sh.itjust.works

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you! :)

[-] floo@retrolemmy.com 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

At first glance, this seemed ridiculous. Then, I listened to the guy play in the video, and it makes such a lovely sound! I really like this.

[-] 11111one11111@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Lol so it's nothing like a saxophone or a trumpet and is just a curved Didgeridoo. (Fuckin Australia, 10/10 coolest names for everything they name)

[-] beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

Well that's a first for me, neat!

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

This just looks like a curved didgeridoo, am I missing the saxophone part? I don't see a reed, or valves, or any brass. Curving an instrument isn't a characteristically saxophone thing, it's just a cumbersome instrument thing.

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Are there valves in the middle where he rests his left hand, perhaps?

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Meh, this feels like an ad.

Looks like a wonky 3d printing project.

[-] ch00f@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I haven’t seen wimp.com in like a decade.

[-] GlenRambo@jlai.lu 2 points 3 weeks ago

How do they get the different Sounds :/

[-] codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

When you play a "brass" style instrument (trumpet, tuba, trombone, didgeridoo, vuvuzela, etc) you don't just blow into it, you press your lips together like for a kiss, and then buzz them. If you do a small, very fast and tight buzz, you get high pitched notes. If you do a looser, flappier buzz, you get low notes. Most people can get about 3 to 5 notes this way, which is why most brass instruments have slides or valves to adjust the airflow and change the note further.

Funny enough for calling this a sax-hybrid, saxophones and other woodwind instruments use a small piece of flat wood called a reed to create the vibrations needed for notes. These mostly only make one note though, which is why sax, flute, clarinet, and so on need so many buttons.

[-] elderorb@feddit.nl 2 points 3 weeks ago

For further clarification, the 3 to 5 in brass notes is because the instruments one vibrate at certain frequencies which are related to the length of the route the air takes through the instrument. The valves, and in case of the trombone the slide, increase the length of the pipe and change the frequency it will vibrate at, changing the tone.

Your lips however can make a lot more notes depending on your ability to control your muscles in your lips.

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Sunny@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 weeks ago

This was oddly satisfying to listen to!

[-] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 weeks ago

Looks injection molded from plastic but costs $1500. Seems excessively priced.

[-] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee -4 points 3 weeks ago

Holy shit! Two instruments that make a grating, horrible sound combined!

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