The Most Perfect Musical Instrument

The Most Perfect Musical Instrument | The Schalmei

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Could this be the world's most perfect musical instrument?
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@vance4994 5 жыл бұрын

This instrument sounds like what electric keyboards think a trumpet sounds like

@roberthiggason6994 4 жыл бұрын

You're right. That's exactly what it sounds like.

@roberthiggason6994 4 жыл бұрын

This video was one of your best! Fascinating weirdness.

@banan9782 4 жыл бұрын

It sounds like a very cheap synthesizer

@tomorrowcuber6899 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a toy harmonica

@octopussmasher2694 2 жыл бұрын

Found a human voice setting on one the most horrific, echoey horror organ I’ve ever heard

@hehemirk1465 5 жыл бұрын

It's like a bassoon got attacked by 8 oboes then got attacked by a unidentified brass instrument.

@svbarryduckworth628 2 жыл бұрын

If by "attacked" you mean rapine, then perhaps you are on to something. Generations of slutty ancient instruments have jumped over the wall to roam among the mongrels on the other side.

@euphinism1 Жыл бұрын

...and lost the battle!

@yurematosneves6790 3 ай бұрын

Probably a saxhorn.

@sealfoam6841 5 жыл бұрын

Cuts to James Morrison. "Ah it's just horns"

@dattreewilloseedling9182 4 жыл бұрын

Is it weird that I watched that video right before this one

@gregoryschmidt1233 3 жыл бұрын

They were popular with "working-class" groups because they were relatively inexpensive compared with "classical" instruments, they were sturdy and the single metal reeds required little maintenance or adjusting, and they were easy to play, requiring simply blowing air into the mouthpiece (no need to learn embouchure or reed technique). As others have posted, it looks like old-time car horns, because yes, the company that made these (Martin Signal), made car horns first, and later started making versions that could be played as musical instruments.

@Panama_lewis 9 ай бұрын

Yes! The peoples horn!

@TrentHamilton 5 жыл бұрын

Please let me know if you'd be interested in me recording a series of soothing lullabies on this instrument.

@CRT.v 5 жыл бұрын

Please!

@temporaryhandle802 5 жыл бұрын

I will make actual small children listen on repeat.

@nikomitrione 5 жыл бұрын

Ive never heard anything so lovely in my entire life. Im also a sousaphone player so my standards for sound sound quality are quite low...

@samuelfairchild7278 5 жыл бұрын

Yes

@flyingpies 5 жыл бұрын

Of course! Who wouldn't want that?

@xenontesla122 5 жыл бұрын

3:42 That pattern is basically equivalent to counting from 0 to 7 in binary.

@galaxyofreesesking2124 5 жыл бұрын

correct

@michelthibodeau3474 5 жыл бұрын

So that's why it sounds like an 8 bit computer

@mickrobertson7782 5 жыл бұрын

Holy crap, you’re right!

@frankwankerl7021 4 жыл бұрын

Precisely

@JedrzejP 4 жыл бұрын

@@michelthibodeau3474 actually a 3-bit computer

@reidenouerfamily375 5 жыл бұрын

"plays in the Key of Yuck" made me laugh so hard! Thanks!

@galaxyofreesesking2124 5 жыл бұрын

The valves ascend in Binary, wtf.

@tmeekins42 3 жыл бұрын

Actually, that kinda makes sense.

@gabrielblacklock3921 2 жыл бұрын

Trumpet valves would descend in binary, except for some reason they decided to make the second valve half the size of the first one, rather than the other way around.

@organist1982 2 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielblacklock3921 I used to think that was weird, too, but then I realized that the trumpet valve orientation is for practicality of construction. Just look at how the valve tubing is laid out. The longer 2 U-bends extend front-to-back, and the shortest U-bend (2nd valve) is the one that sticks out to the side. If the shortest tubing were assigned to the 1st valve, then the 2nd valve would have longer tubing, and it would look ridiculous to have that much tubing sticking out sideways.

@gabrielblacklock3921 2 жыл бұрын

@@organist1982 Yeah true. That occurred to me right after I commented XD

@camthesaxman3387 Жыл бұрын

It also conveniently makes a lot of fingerings similar to the right hand on woodwind instruments.

@ytspam1000 5 жыл бұрын

As a German trombone player who had the "pleasure" to hear those "Schalmeienorchester" before, I can confirm that these things do NOT sound better if more of them are played simultaneously. I friggin' loathe the abyssimal sound they create! btw: I wish you a speedy recovery, Trent! :)

@issuesexplained681 5 жыл бұрын

Notes on this thing sounds like different pitched car horns. 😂🚗

@mrparlanejxtra 5 жыл бұрын

or of those air horns that plays the Dukes of Hazard General Lee theme.

@Lucius_Chiaraviglio 5 жыл бұрын

At first I thought it was going to be some kind of orchestral train horn . . . .

@sameman6884 5 жыл бұрын

Mixed with out of tune car horns

@mal2ksc 5 жыл бұрын

That's because that's pretty much what they are. This is exactly how car horns work, or at least how they did at one point when they used air to power everything.

@Lucius_Chiaraviglio 5 жыл бұрын

@@mal2ksc Truck and train horns yes, car horns usually no, even in the old days. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_horn

@thebigunhappyy6623 5 жыл бұрын

"...vibrates against a shallot.." Me: it vibrates against an onion?

@vdavis4785 2 жыл бұрын

Assuming it doesn't have a leek?

@Lozerentini81 2 жыл бұрын

I moved to Germany from the UK in 2010 and got talked into joining a Schalmei Music club. I had never learned an instrument before, not even the recorder in primary school. I couldn’t read notes and had absolutely no musical ability whatsoever. I thought this instrument was amusing and joined the group mainly to improve my German. 12 years later I am now the club president. I still don’t understand much about music (and therefore probably do not belong in this comment section), but I was able to play this instrument very quickly. It’s easy to learn - for the reasons everyone else has mentioned. It comes in Sopran, Tenor, Baritone and even an adapted version called Akkord which plays chords (several horns at once). The music we play is specially adapted to each ‘voice type’ and the challenge is not the playing itself necessarily but the playing together. Some songs sound pretty awful, but others sound much better. I can understand from a musical point of view this instrument seems probably quite awful and pointless, but due to its simplicity is very inclusive - making group music more accessible and sociable.

@Musik_des_R.F.B. 2 жыл бұрын

Guten Tag! Können Sie mir weitere Informationen über das Musikinstrument Shalmain erhalten? In Rußland, wo ich herkomme, gibt es fast keine Informationen darüber. 1. Was ist der Unterschied zwischen Martin-Signal und VOIGT Schalmeien? Was sind die besten in Bezug auf Qualität und auf seinen Klang? 2. Wahrscheinlich kennen Sie die Geschichte der Verwendung dieser Instrumente für politische Zwecke ganz gut. Wissen Sie, welche Arten von Schalmeinen in den 20er Jahren des letzten Jahrhunderts in den Schalmeikapellen des Roten Frontkämpferbundes verwendet waren? Ich selbst habe nur herausgefunden, dass der Schalmei mit 16 Pfeifen nur in den 80er Jahren in der DDR erfunden wurde. Ich habe auch bereits eine ähnliche Frage an die Manager der oben-genannten Fabriken gestellt, aber sie haben mir nur ein Foto der Notenbuch geschickt (ich hänge das Foto unten an). 3. Wo kann ich Notenbücher von Märschen für Schalmeien bekommen? 4. Welche Organisationen spielen noch Klassenkampflieder aus den 20er Jahren? 5. Welche Schwierigkeiten bestehen bei der Aufrechterhaltung des technischen Zustands von Schalmeien? Müssen sie regelmäßig angepasst werden? Wenn ja, wie oft? Mit freundlichen Grüßen

@DynamixWarePro 5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a non realistic midi instrument like a midi instrument version of a reed organ, bassoon, bandoneon etc...

@MisterHunterWolf 5 жыл бұрын

That would mean that we have an accurate midi equivalent of this instrument

@ethanspradling 5 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you back from the hospital! Keep that recovery up man!

@nickmorgan19457 5 жыл бұрын

I never would've guessed that someone once sold an analogue otamatone.

@ES_ETP 5 жыл бұрын

It looks like a dr suess instrument

@audinos1840 4 жыл бұрын

They were first used as signal horns by police and military and many were made by the Martin Signal company in Germany. They later made an electrified version which became the familiar two-toned emergency vehicle air horn (Martinshorn) used in much of Europe. Martin Signal still makes several versions. Bands of these were particularly popular in East Germany, where this horn was likely made.

@PimpDaddyFresh Жыл бұрын

Super interesting

@youtuuba Ай бұрын

THESE ("they", meaning these instruments) did not start out as signal horns, although Martin Signal, the manufacturer, DID make signal horns, and still does. And they never made an electric version of THESE/THEY, however Martin Signal did make electric versions of the signal horns. The company's signal (and truck and boat, etc) horns ARE related to THESE musical instruments, but "audinos"'s comment is written so poorly that it can make the reader think incorrect things.

@disneymatt01 5 жыл бұрын

So Trent… I found videos online of this and an a entire band it sounds like a pipe organ when you have all the different sizes together. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Sounds quite nice actually.

@evildrfluffy1576 4 жыл бұрын

Link? I'd love to hear that

@AndSendMe Жыл бұрын

The schalmei is capable of a kind of mad celebratory joy, something I would sooner watch by far than bluntly self-important posturing at its expense.

@user-sx4zj1jt6t 5 жыл бұрын

That beard is getting agressively big...

@nicholasneyhart396 5 жыл бұрын

It is beautiful.

@iandipuccio9426 5 жыл бұрын

Is there a problem with that?

@MrInitialMan 5 жыл бұрын

The perfect video to watch while slighty tipsy. I have the giggles and I WANT ONE OF THESE!

@pukalo 5 жыл бұрын

That's the most unholy abomination I've seen in a very long time.

@michaeldavies4186 5 жыл бұрын

As your profile pic is a Bass Clarinet

@grima5788 5 жыл бұрын

@@michaeldavies4186 Bass clarinets are objectively beautiful. Curves don't lie

@HonestSaxSound-unEdited- 5 жыл бұрын

Unholy abomination?!! Why?!! Its a nice music instrument with a good sound.

@michaeldavies4186 5 жыл бұрын

@@grima5788 I was just joking, Bass Clarinets are fine

@graysuhhn 5 жыл бұрын

I play Bass Clarinet and flute, I literally play the best instruments

@zombiedragonmast970 5 жыл бұрын

Finally, I can say I've seen an instrument that accurately describes when Squidward plays.

@wxcvbndu51 5 жыл бұрын

This ... basically sounds like an oboe, but which was made out of metal (and is a bit more in tune of course)

@donadams8345 5 жыл бұрын

You are obviously tone deaf. :)

@Klara_S. Жыл бұрын

It looks like a Sheng (Chinese muliphonic wind instrument) yet sounds like your worst nightmare.

@disneymatt01 5 жыл бұрын

HAAAAAAA!!!! What you got there is 8 party horns on a stick. 😜😜😜✌🏼👍🏼

@blanchae 5 жыл бұрын

That is the perfect description.

@fordtruxdad5155 4 жыл бұрын

IKR! I expected rolled up paper streamers to come out the ends!

@yuckymike 5 жыл бұрын

well it’s 12:34am rn in the Midwest. What a perfect time to watch a video

@PeterGriffin-kb2hf 5 жыл бұрын

For me it's 1:04

@r.m.solympic6857 5 жыл бұрын

@@PeterGriffin-kb2hf for me its 2:05

@mrparlanejxtra 5 жыл бұрын

And it came out of a Dr. SEUSS book.

@Eidolon2003 5 жыл бұрын

Oh come on, you can't say it doesn't look cool to play!

@Halleton245 5 жыл бұрын

It sounds like an Animal Crossing character

@ClogDancingFiddler 5 жыл бұрын

Glad to see that surgery hasn't dampened your sense of humour, Trent. Good to see you looking much better!

@MarkWick 5 жыл бұрын

First, it is good to see you vertical. I hope you are feeling great. Second, this is hysterical (your commentary). Third, at least the valves double as the percussion section.

@birtcory2492 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Trent. I love bizarre instruments. I think this definitely qualifies, though I don't think I'd want to spend a great deal of time listening to this. It's nice to see once, but I don't think I'll be clamoring to get one. I hope this means that you are recovering well and on your way to being fully mobile. I loved the story you told in your previous update about your daughter wanting to help her daddy. She's no doubt your pride and joy!

@Th3Messenger99 4 жыл бұрын

...."it will give you syphilis" HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA OMG you got me crying! I am freaking dead! HAHAHA

@blanchae 5 жыл бұрын

Binary scale counting from 0 to 7: 000, 001, 010, 011, 100, 101, 110, 111. Classic Trent: "this is the creation of a man with nothing to live for". I'm really glad to see you up and about. I hope the surgery was successful.

@snoproblem 5 жыл бұрын

"this is the creation of a man with nothing to live for" Ah, the early 1900s version of Facebook subscribers.

@TheCLPVideos 5 жыл бұрын

Glad you are looking like you feel much better. Thanks for the wonderful videos that never take themselves to seriously.

@nokhimchan7966 4 жыл бұрын

If you are familiar with Chinese shengs, especially modern ones including the whole family, you would see a well developed sets of instruments with the same kind of mechanics (blowing in seperate reed bells)

@brucealanwilson4121 9 ай бұрын

I'm guessing that a German or Polish missionary brought a Sheng back from China and got someone to copy it.

@sjonb2 4 жыл бұрын

I looked up some viseo's of modern german schalmei bands. Never knew this existed, I share you opinion on the instrument, but they seem to be having lots of fun. Specialy during the carnival. A loud rythmsection, lots of beer, and the schalmei group honking away. Real folkore it seems, but what a noise! Fun!

@edwardcooper7711 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Trent Thank you for this great video. Glad to see your better.

@exitedaardvark5480 5 жыл бұрын

That intro is beautiful

@thomasherrera6587 5 жыл бұрын

Hey glad to see you back! Best wishes on your recovery!

@EJHardy 5 жыл бұрын

I absolutely died when I heard the sound that thing made 😂

@bwanner 5 жыл бұрын

The most perfect instrument ever created is a Sax-A-Boom. Fits all of the criteria provided.

@malthuswasright 5 жыл бұрын

Good to see you back! Hope recovery is going well.

@thejustintung 5 жыл бұрын

Great to see you back!

@mandelharvey3429 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like a tinkerer was around a church that replaced it's pipe organ. Looks like something I'd have made. I don't play very well but that assembly would have kept me entertained for a long time.

@vitesenzafine 5 жыл бұрын

Great to see you back

@davidyucht6432 5 жыл бұрын

Good to see you up and about

@rongolec5472 5 жыл бұрын

Nice to see you back man

@MrCavityMan 5 жыл бұрын

Straight back to the schedule Trent? Well done, inspiring.

@bariton98 4 жыл бұрын

I´m from Germany and I have to say, that we only play it while celebrating carneval. It has a funny sound and in a group it has a weird sound, but you will know the song

@mouse3355 3 жыл бұрын

....Thanks for beautiful smile at the end!

@bryanscottandrews3451 2 жыл бұрын

I have a classical organ with a Schalmei rank on the pedals so I stopped by to see what the heck a Schalmei happens to be.

@isaaccisa 5 жыл бұрын

This is basically a pipe organ chamade stop in handheld form.

@brunomaiamusic 5 жыл бұрын

This video is quite entertaining. One would find it even amusing. Besides the historical value, of course. I am actually a string contrabass player. I have been playing the cornet as a second instrument, But on this new journey, after about thirty years on the string bass, I want to acquire the whole tuba family going lower until the contrabass Bb tuba. On my quest, your videos suit me really well. You have an elegant sense of humour with a touch of sarcasm, which makes the content light to the ears of the audience, in my opinion. Thanks for helping me find my perfect instrument. And ruling out this one, I am afraid. Cheers!

@johlarson 3 жыл бұрын

Well, to give you a perfectly straight answer, I expect this instrument was made to be easy to play. With conventional brass instruments, you need to worry about embouchure; on this one you just blow. And it looks like this instrument wasn't made to take advantage of the overtone sequence either; you just play the root note of each reed. Both of these make the instrument easier to play. Of course, it's quite limited, with just eight notes. The tone color doesn't sound any worse to me than some of the brasher reed instruments, like the sax, say.

@philen 4 жыл бұрын

This is the best episode i’ve seen so far!

@issuesexplained681 5 жыл бұрын

No views, four likes Congratulations KZfaq! Impeccable accuracy!

@user-hi6dj2we1b 5 жыл бұрын

Cool post, Trent. Thanks.

@realguy5066 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha! Entertaining! Bravo to your humor and information!

@ThomasDawkins88 5 жыл бұрын

It looks like the taxi horns that you use in "American in Paris" only all tied-together and played with a mouthpiece instead of bulbs.

@AndyMarsh 5 жыл бұрын

So happy to see another video! Hope you are feeling better! That really is a contrivance.... But then again, in parts of the UK are full Kazoo marching bands. Look up UK federation of Jazz bands, they sound awesome!

@AndyPanda9 2 жыл бұрын

This is the most fun video I have ever seen! Hilarious!

@hunterdez 5 жыл бұрын

Welcome back!

@Baribrotzer 5 жыл бұрын

"....you blow eeer in this eeend......" Here's a video of a full Schalmei band: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7-khKZpsK7cZHk.html They were apparently popular in East Germany. Hearing the whole band, I can get one point - the ratty intonation gets leveled out by the many sort-of-unisons from massed instruments. And another point is that such a ensemble gets a brass band sound without the players having to develop and control their embochures - you just blow, and a sound comes out. For amateurs, that might be good.

@lazydolllife5299 5 жыл бұрын

It sounds like an out of tune oboe lol

@KangWili 4 жыл бұрын

@Wouter Timmermans 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣

@paulkolodner2445 4 жыл бұрын

This looks like a metal version of the Chinese instrument known as the Sheng. The intonation is controlled by adding or removing mass from the reed - you can see the lump at the end of the reed in your video. If that channel is flat, scrape some of that crap off. It it's sharp, add some mass to it. With the Sheng, the traditional material used for this purpose is actually poisonous, but, it's dissolved in wax, so it's not completely fatal to use. You could substitute marzipan, spackle, wood filler...

@AnthonyHigham Жыл бұрын

Looks like a flower bouquet display at a flower shop.

@silverbassman 5 жыл бұрын

Hmm. I think I'll stick to the trombone. But thank you for playing Happy Birthday to my daughter today. PS ,Good to see you back on the youtubes.

@cetologist 5 жыл бұрын

Happy birthday to your daughter!

@RockStarOscarStern634 4 жыл бұрын

@@cetologist Good job my birthday was 2 days ago.

@mayarabago8739 4 жыл бұрын

love this!

@woofelator 5 жыл бұрын

that thing is just teerable. love it

@HonestSaxSound-unEdited- 5 жыл бұрын

Nice instrument. Sounds good, and by an expert sounds very good! Good video.

@mylittleplaidska 4 жыл бұрын

“Don’t want to catch a case of death” haha this dude slays me I love it

@iandeare1 Жыл бұрын

Simply put, if it has reeds, its woodwind, not brass. I've heard the tale about German Fireman using it as an klaxon alarm, similar alarms, more like car klaxons with a single bell were used by American Firefighters, and seems likely other countries may have as well. They're extremely easy to play, with almost no embouchure required. There are obvious similarities with the Chinese Sheng family, although I'm not sure of any directly shared ancestry

@raimogeel9497 5 жыл бұрын

You probably don't believe it but you can tune that thing. Up by removing weight from the end and down by scratching at about a 1/4 from the beginning of the reed. This multi horn is a lot easier to learn to play than an instrument, the tones are already there only blow and remember the fingering.

@graevly8066 5 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, now I want one, despite there being no documentation on how to finger it that I could find. I don’t know if I would find it more fun to play over my Tenor Saxophone but it would certainly be a fun thing to own

@grife97 5 жыл бұрын

Wooo I was rooting for you to get one of them :D

@charlesfrishman231 5 жыл бұрын

Welcome Back - This is Hilarious!

@zebulon9307 6 ай бұрын

All I want now is an in-depth review and demonstration through all registers of the vuvuzela

@gigglepantsiii826 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for such a delightful video! It sounds like a nasally oboe or a set of bagpipes on its deathbead

@megavidaeos 5 жыл бұрын

God damn, you’re really going off on this thing.

@GregGarner 4 жыл бұрын

After watching other videos of some Schalmei bands, I think this may be, if not the most perfect instrument, the happiest one!

@allmusic962 3 жыл бұрын

WOW IT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING

@terrybyrd5105 4 жыл бұрын

surprisingly mellow sound

@stevejohnson174 3 жыл бұрын

"The creation of a man with nothing to live for" - There should be a t-shirt with that quote and a graphic of one of those monstrosities on it....

@tsakeboya 4 жыл бұрын

00:00 the mosquito in my ear at 3 am playing a concerto

@michaeltafolla968 5 жыл бұрын

I loved it when u said that this is the creation of a man who has nothing to live for

@MrRadiobeacon 3 жыл бұрын

Originating from the railways where it was used as a signalling instrument in the fields

@lanaurban5730 5 жыл бұрын

What do you call a loud pet? A... Trum-pet

@svbarryduckworth628 2 жыл бұрын

This has got to be the most hilarious video I have seen of yours to date. I couldn't breathe I was laughing so hard. You need to put warnings on your videos to help people with weak hearts and sphincters prepare for what is to come. Just a thought.

@IndigoEuphonium 5 жыл бұрын

Introducing, the cancerphone

@grassulo 4 жыл бұрын

I actually began playing brass instruments with an Ophiclide that I bought for 40 dollars at a garage sale and had NO idea what it was... I am glad I learned on it and learned how to restore a very old brass instrument and now any modern brass instrument is a JOY to play for me, but you can get crazy awesome tones from the old horn if you overtone sing into it while playing (like too many zooz band) it's quite good for that and simple bass lines. I would love to take my Ophiclide to meow wolf crazy fun house in New Mexico and just walk around in steampunk clothing just making the weird sounds that can come out if it but I would take song requests if asked :).

@tvtelevision3798 2 жыл бұрын

This instrument(correct name is Martin-trumped) was developed by the inventor of the german siren, that is used by fire brigade(Martinshorn/Pressluft). Here is a example for the siren: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d8B1YMV_mNTHZas.html If you look closly, you can see the bells of the siren between the blue lights. They also look kinda similar to this instrument.