Go on, someone must know what it is? Enlighten me…
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3285382&id=834692505
Quite literally, a ‘mouth organ’ I guess.
thanks (is that the same guy busking or they share an amp?)
The link is broken (displaced bracket) but works in full…
Ah, a quirk of the board software. Thanks, Mark.
The sheng is usually cited as the precursor to the concertina, accordion, and other keyed reed instruments. There was something of a fashion mania for things Oriental in the early 19th century. And supposedly, Wheatstone and others came across imported examples and were inspired to rework the concept.
I’d love to try one myself someday. IIRC, there’s a music professor here in San Diego who is big into shengs.
I really don’t understand how that thing makes all of those sounds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GndoDa0nBl0