List cheap not hard to learn instruments (drum, member, track)

sleepy jack · 03-31-2007, 04:30 PM

I plan and using an array of weird but not hard to master instruments for my new project. So far i'm going to throw in bass/guitar and multi-track those and probably going to incorporate some screaming and maybe some drums. It'll be primarily acoustic or mellow.

List so far
- Harmonica
- Triangle
- Kazoo

Urban Hat€monger ? · 03-31-2007, 04:54 PM

Kazoo

Worked ok for The Fall

sleepy jack · 03-31-2007, 05:00 PM

=D I was trying to remember the name of that one but couldn't thank you.

Blain · 03-31-2007, 05:27 PM

I've got a kazoo, they're good fun. You can always use those egg shaker things to keep time for the drums... Uhh. Ukelele(sp?) could be fun. That's about all I can think of, but you can always use a fair bit of percussion.

ibimus · 04-01-2007, 11:52 AM

Tamborine....Cymbals....any sort of shaker/Maracas.

And you could always learn how to whistle!

swim · 04-01-2007, 12:01 PM

^Crash cymbals.

Do a march!!!

recorder
a whistle
bells

Blain · 04-01-2007, 11:24 PM

Good sounding cymbals aren't cheap.

Jadix · 04-03-2007, 03:27 PM

we gave a bum a cowbell to play on stage with us during our first show

TheBig3 · 04-05-2007, 10:53 AM

/\ Thats awesome.

Weerow
mouth harp (the one you strum)

DontRunMeOver · 04-05-2007, 12:42 PM

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.

03-31-2007, 04:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Kazoo Worked ok for The Fall __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

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swim dontcareaboutyou Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,188	^Crash cymbals. Do a march!!! recorder a whistle bells __________________ http://nakednaps.bandcamp.com/

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TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	/\ Thats awesome. Weerow mouth harp (the one you strum) __________________ I've moved to a new address

03-31-2007, 05:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
Blain w0rd Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Suva, Fiji Posts: 1,034	I've got a kazoo, they're good fun. You can always use those egg shaker things to keep time for the drums... Uhh. Ukelele(sp?) could be fun. That's about all I can think of, but you can always use a fair bit of percussion.

04-01-2007, 11:52 AM	#5 (permalink)
ibimus Groupie Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 8	Tamborine....Cymbals....any sort of shaker/Maracas. And you could always learn how to whistle!

04-01-2007, 11:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
Blain w0rd Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Suva, Fiji Posts: 1,034	Good sounding cymbals aren't cheap.

04-03-2007, 03:27 PM	#8 (permalink)
Jadix infamous nimbus Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 140	we gave a bum a cowbell to play on stage with us during our first show