Anyone Play A Melodica

[Richard A Thackeray]

I showed my daughter a YouTube video of a track by one of my favourite bands, & now she wants a Melodica

In a way, I want to say "No", as she's already playing Cello & Piano, plus being a member of the local Cathedral Choir takes up most of her spare time
Then, of course, there's her homework to consider


This is a Melodica, the first instrument played/blown (with a secondary one, being played via an air-tube)

 

[raleighnut]

For gods sake don't let her hear a Hurdy-Gurdy she'll be blown away and they are mega-money.

 

[vernon]

My daughter tinkers with one. They are not particularly expensive when compared against decent flutes and cellos both of which she plays. It's a put-downable instrument and it does play second fiddle, pun intended, to the other two instruments.

They sound pretty awesome when miked up and played in a reggae band.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

For gods sake don't let her hear a Hurdy-Gurdy she'll be blown away and they are mega-money.

Erm........................................

I did play her 'Gallows Pole',by Page & Plant (from Jool Holland 'Later')
Thankfully, she just thought it was weird

She did think the Drummer was like Animal, from The Muppets, with all his body movement

A work-collegue plays the Auto-Harp!! (& he's only in his 40s)

 

[raleighnut]

Erm........................................

I did play her 'Gallows Pole',by Page & Plant (from Jool Holland 'Later')
Thankfully, she just thought it was weird

She did think the Drummer was like Animal, from The Muppets, with all his body movement

A work-collegue plays the Auto-Harp!! (& he's only in his 40s)

Nice clip, isn't the drummer Jason Bonham and the Hurdy-gurdy is hardly audible.
Try listening to one half-cut and stoned in a bar at a folk club..... Very Medieval, bit like a Bassoon (to quote Frank a tube with a Doo-Dad poking out the side)

 

[vernon]

Can't beat (sic) a bit of hammer dulcimer. I have a 12" LP full of Irish hammer dulcimer music.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Nice clip, isn't the drummer Jason Bonham and the Hurdy-gurdy is hardly audible.
Try listening to one half-cut and stoned in a bar at a folk club..... Very Medieval, bit like a Bassoon (to quote Frank a tube with a Doo-Dad poking out the side)

I want a Mandolin

Plus, they're far cheaper than that Gretsch G6120 that I'd also like.................

 

[raleighnut]

Fantastic Vernon
Even a bit of pyro in the background
Old instruments like that make modern 'artists' sound thin somehow

 

[slowmotion]

For gods sake don't let her hear a Hurdy-Gurdy she'll be blown away and they are mega-money.

Absolutely.
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View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHmML7bu-iM
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[vernon]

Fantastic Vernon
Even a bit of pyro in the background
Old instruments like that make modern 'artists' sound thin somehow

I'd like one to go with my tin whistle, low whistle and Uilleanne pipes stash of instruments

This is piping at its best:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awrnoLVZ1-Q

 

[Chromatic]

They sound pretty awesome when miked up and played in a reggae band.

I really enjoyed some Augustus Pablo stuff when round a friends place and he insisted on subjecting me to his reggae mania on numerous occasions.

Edit: Good old Augustus plays a melodica. (that's not for your benefit @vernon, it's for those that didn't already know)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Absolutely.
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I had showed her that previously, to let her see what a Hurdy-Gurdy was, & I think, for a start, the trousers put her off...............
(13 year old thinking!)

 

[Crackle]

We've got a melodica. My dad could play it, along with an accordion or any other instrument you gave him and sing. He could also swim like a fish and make useful things from pieces of wood and solve crossword puzzles with ease. You'd think I'd inherit at least one of those traits but no, he kept them all.