After seeing Susan’s post about the MysterGuitar Man, I realized that technology has caused people to be able to make music using regular everyday objects. For example, my friend showed me this one Youtube video the other day that involved using cellphone sounds to do a cover of Pachelbel’s Canon, which is apparently a very famous and popular classical piece. I am sure many of music people will immediately recognize this piece but as a non-music major with very little knowledge of music, I had to do a little research to find out that that piece was composed by German composer, Johann Pachelbe. When I looked it up though, I actually did recognize it because I have heard it before but I never knew the name of it.
I thought it was really creative and amazing that the guy in the video above was able to make so many sounds with a cellphone and then put it all together. I never thought a cellphone could actually have so many sounds. It really shows how technology has changed the different factors in society.
Another video that used a similar concept used an instrument I had never heard of before: zither. This is a string instrument that is most likely to be found in countries like Slovenia, Austria, Hungary, and even China. In the video using this instrument, he did a more modern song. That’s why I found it very interesting that a very modern technological object was used to do a cover of a old song while a older piece of instrument was used to do a cover on a new song. See the video below:
Sorry, but it is getting late and my patience for young YouTube bloggers who have no idea what has gone on before wears thin. Listen to this. It starts out slowly, but wait til the tune starts at about 1:25.