DontRunMeOver

Most things that are hard and hollow or wooden (or both) can be used as percussion instruments. Any kind of bin, deoderant can, glasses case, door, banister, table etc. can have decent acoustic properties so try it out.

Although they're not acoustic, you can get really cheap keyboards which are fine for playing tacky melodies on and can also give you some really lo-fi drum beats. I recommend the 'bossa-nova' button.

Xylophones/glocks/marimbas are all more expensive aren't they?

Oh! You can fill up bottles to different heights and then blow in them or tap them to make different pitches.

I'll think of some more later.

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DontRunMeOver

Do you have any animals that make noises? That would make an interesting addition to a track. Or elderly relatives who you can get to rap. Old people rambling is a type of music.

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DontRunMeOver

If you get a long tube and make singing elephant noises down it you have an instrument that I like to call the singing elephant.

If then tube is rigid and you blow a raspberry down it you have a makeshift digeridoo. You have to find the right resonant frequency to do this.

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Kevb0444

What about the good old (school) human beat box....

*Puts hand over mouth*

"boom chick boomboom chick wert wert dis is da remix boom chick......."

DontRunMeOver

Go "wah wah wah" in a special way, cup your hands around your mouth and you will sound like a muted trumpet. A perfect finishing touch to sad occasions. Well, perfect if you're an idiot.

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boo boo

I was the best triangle player in my school band.

Anyway, the lap harp is a fun but easy to learn instrument, tuning it is a bitch though.

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It's only knock n' knowall, but I like it

http://www.last.fm/user/kingboobs

MoonlitSunshine

a combination of fatigue, hunger and slight hyperness meant I couldn't stop laughing after I tried that....

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