Fusion of Western musical instruments

[akerkarprashant]

Western musical instruments

Western musical instruments images

Trumpet and Saxophone.

Is it possible to design and construct western musical instruments as a fusion of two or more functions and features?

I mean to say Guitar, Violin, Trumpet, Saxophone, Piano etc integrated into a single instrument as a example for the following permutations and combinations given below.

Guitar + Trumpet
Violin + Trumpet
Guitar + Violin + Trumpet
Guitar + Violin
Trumpet + Saxophone
Guitar + Saxophone
etc

If no, what are the limitations and bottlenecks in designing and construction fusion of western musical instruments?

 

[jedishrfu]

Why are you asking these off the wall questions?

Are you thinking of designing such an instrument?

I've seen some instruments that combine string capability as in a harpeji which is harp-like and guitar like:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpejji

 

[pinball1970]

Western musical instruments

Western musical instruments images

Trumpet and Saxophone.

Is it possible to design and construct western musical instruments as a fusion of two or more functions and features?

I mean to say Guitar, Violin, Trumpet, Saxophone, Piano etc integrated into a single instrument as a example for the following permutations and combinations given below.

Guitar + Trumpet
Violin + Trumpet
Guitar + Violin + Trumpet
Guitar + Violin
Trumpet + Saxophone
Guitar + Saxophone
etc

If no, what are the limitations and bottlenecks in designing and construction fusion of western musical instruments?

You can get different sounds altogether on a decent keyboard using the split sounds function.

I am not sure why you would want to combine some of those instruments into a single instrument.



Firstly something like a trumpet and a sax use very different techniques, you cannot simply play one and then expect to play the other just because they both use your mouth.

IF you could play wind and brass well a hybrid would look odd, feel odd and also be very cumbersome. Plus I do not think the sound would work.



Obviously this becomes more extreme combining something like a guitar and trumpet into one instrument.

Where would you even start?



Neil young and Bob Dylan combine mouth organ and guitar but this makes playing difficult, you cannot bend/Vibrato notes or muff notes easily without using your hands.

 

[jedishrfu]

@akerkarprashant please respond to my question:

Why are you asking these off-the-wall questions?

Your posts are constantly frustrating us as we just don't know how best to answer.

When that frustration builds other posters will simply stop answering and mentors will start flagging your posts as substandard which can lead to a ban from the site.

Posting is a two-way street, you ask we respond and then you respond so we know what's going on.

 

[jedishrfu]

Here's a list of unusual instruments from around the world:

https://artsandculture.google.com/s...ts-from-around-the-world/ZAVhyqdl_D_BIQ?hl=en

and some bizarre modern day instruments:

https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/latest/weirdest-musical-instruments/hyperbass-flute/

and these weird ones that try to fuse two instruments together:

https://www.cultureowl.com/miami/blogs/music/ten-unusual-musical-instruments-to-make-you-go-hmmm

and lastly this list of weird but hauntingly beautiful instruments with video samples:

https://hellomusictheory.com/learn/weird-instruments/

 

[Klystron]

I learned to play a magnificent pipe organ constructed in 19th C. that included stops and voices for more instruments than you list. Electronic reproduction extends the field ever further.

Many hybrid and automechanical instruments abound throughout musical history. Look at modern drum sets as example of integrated percussion systems.

 

[hutchphd]

Is it possible to design and construct western musical instruments as a fusion of two or more functions and features?

You need to acquaint yourself with P.D.Q. Bach who is purported to be youngest son of Johann (by musical satirist Peter Schickele )

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._D._Q._Bach

Among his major contributions are pieces written for tromboon ("a cross between a trombone and a bassoon, having all the disadvantages of both").

 

[pinball1970]

I learned to play a magnificent pipe organ constructed in 19th C. that included stops and voices for more instruments than you list. Electronic reproduction extends the field ever further.

Many hybrid and automechanical instruments abound throughout musical history. Look at modern drum sets as example of integrated percussion systems.

I play drums.
It's easy for musicians to think about the drum set was always so. Perhaps smaller back in the day? No. It was an evolution and so simple!