In our Christmas 2018 issue, Jingle Bell Rock, we interview solo percussionist Evelyn Glennie who lost her hearing at the age of eight. Here she is playing the Aluphone at the Olympic Games opening ceremony in 2012…
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Inside the Christmas Jingle Bell Rock issue of Whizz Pop Bang magazine, we discover 10 awesomely amazing musical instruments; from the bizarre instruments made of fruit and vegetables, to this rather magical instrument that is played without even touching it… the theremin.
The theremin is a musical instrument that is played without being touched. Err, what? How does that work?! The electronic instrument uses an electromagnetic field around two antenna, and the musician disrupts this field with their hands to create a spooky sound. Watch this video of Ennio Morricone to discover the mysterious sounds this instrument can make 👇🏾
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Yes, you’ve read that correctly, you are about to listen to an orchestra playing instruments made out of vegetables!
Worldwide one of a kind, the Vegetable Orchestra performs on instruments made of fresh vegetables. The Vegetable Orchestra was founded in 1998. Based in Vienna, the Vegetable Orchestra plays concerts in all over the world.
There are no musical boundaries for the Vegetable Orchestra. The most diverse music styles fuse here – contemporary music, beat-oriented House tracks, experimental Electronic, Free Jazz, Noise, Dub, Clicks’n’Cuts – the musical scope of the ensemble expands consistently, and recently developed vegetable instruments and their inherent sounds often determine the direction.
The Q&A page is a good place to find out more about this wonderfully creative bunch!
Check out more unusual musical instruments in the JINGLE BELLS ROCK issue of Whizz Pop Bang, the awesome science magazine for kids!