Don Luis has just posted a new video in which he shows a new invention: a nose flute-kazoo. With a membrane placed on the front of the instrument, he can play it as a kazoo, by blowing with the mouth. And blown as a nose flute, what I propose Luis to name a Nazoo, produced the regular flutey sound. Haha! Great versatile invention!
Great 2-in-1: much handier and far more direct than shifting between 2 instruments. It is a pretty natural combination to play both the kazoo and the nose flute, so fabulous work!
ReplyDeleteCould a kazoo membrane be inserted in such a way that the noseflute also produces a fuzzy sound? I used to stick cigarette paper or strips from little plastic bags over the labium to create a 'Chinese' reedy tone. That would work for just a few minutes, so couldn't be used continuously.
I think you can add a membrane to a recorder, flute, quena, whatever. And make a double instrument.
ReplyDeleteI was hoping that I could get a reedy sound from the nose flute or hum with the nose. But no reedy sound and very low volume nose-humming.
As for a name.
Nazoo sounds fine.
I thought of:
Nasazoo.- Sounds like a collection of animals from outer space.
Humanazoo.- Has the Word "hum" and prefix "na", but is a ripoff of humanatone.
Nazobo.- I like this one. Zobo is an old name for a kazoo. See: http://marge.home.xs4all.nl/Zobo.htm.
I like the word Mirliton (another old name for a kazoo. See: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirliton_(musique), but could not find a suitable combination whith nose.
Luis