Unusual World Instruments - Randy Raine-Reusch

[GinWu]

Oh! More videos please! You are amazing!

[MusicMonsterW]

Thanks for the display, Randy! 

[Sexyasianpride1]

WEIRD INSTRUMENT FETISH MUCH?

[VoyagesinMusic]

What a spectacular array of instruments! You took me to so many countries!

[asians1213]

how can i learn erhu or danso

[ZaDiscs]

best to find a good teacher, check local Asian communities or universities

[kissiegissie]

wow

[UnceBobTouchedMe]

that philipian kubing was some serious psyhadelic stuff!

[TheMdDOG]

I WANT ALL WORLD INSTRUMENT!!!!!!!

[Gandeladri]

your a genious i tell you, a geniuos!!

[TheCJHutchison]

Does anyone know ehre I could find any of these to buy online?

[ZaDiscs]

@TheCJHutchison goto asza.com and send them an email of what you want

[deathwatchchuck]

I want all of those instruments, they sound amazing!

[devilsnake105]

What's that one called right after the didgeridoo?

[ZaDiscs]

Nigerian (Birom) yomkwo, a type of raft zither

[wusap]

This man has too much time on his hands :)

[shedmeraked]

why arn't there any videos of you playing entire works?

you are amazing...... please upload some videos of yourself.

have a great day.

[musiquesdenullepart]

Very nice collection and playing!

[straq2]

The Instruments are amazing! But whats even more cool Is the fact that you can play each one. props

[RajGalani]

Can any one tell me where i can buy a vanatau shark flue?

[muaspheeb]

aww men u forgot to put label on the hmong instruments

[wierdo5o7]

i think he plays all 700 instruments O_O

[kingbabolos]

holy crap

[amaroq2112]

I would be light headed after all of that o.o

[ImperialistRunningDo]

My head is spinning. I just rescued a weird whatzit from Goodwill. I knew it was from southeast Asia, but that's about it. Set me back a whopping $3.

On a bit of research, I think it's either a Thai naw or Chinese hulusheng. Is there a difference?

It sounds... horrible.Like someone sitting on an accordion. I hope it's just me. I've never played one; it could get better.

There's NOTHING unusual about a good mountain dulcimer (you rock, btw). Let me know if there's a DVD in the works

[ZaDiscs]

There are extremely minor differences between the naw and hulusheng. It should be noted though that "naw" is a very specific term, whereas "hulusheng" is a bit broader term, describing a number of different instruments. If it is in good condition and in the hands of an experienced player, it can sound quite marvelous.

[revenantwings7]

That ugandan ekidongo sounded nice

[timreckart]

This video rules, Randy.  I have a couple questions for ya, if you have a sec?

Does the pin pia produce such a nice dull resonance because of playing technique?

The lower notes in your Kenyan nyatiti performance sound bowed, rather than plucked -- is that YouTube's low fi playback, or does it really sound like that?

[ZaDiscs]

The pin pia is played in harmonics and the resonator is only a coconut shell, hence the sound. It has a very subtle quiet sound that can only be heard with a close mic.

The nyatiti has a flat bridge which makes the lower strings buzz, which is a common African sound affect, like the shakers on some djembes, gimbirs, mbiras...

[nehceik]

nice!

RESPECT!!!

[gtwthnt]

Oh boy I feel sorry for his neighbor, cause before music can be made from each one of those its takes alot of annoying sounding practice....awesome!

[Razor64w3r]

1:19 Looks like he's playing with the nose

[charlotte8982]

@Razor64w3r  he is........

[ImperialistRunningDo]

@Razor64w3r That is a Hawai'ian nose flute. It was the belief that as the mouth so often lies, breath coming out of it isn't as pure. But breath from the nose is unpolluted and right from the heart.

Well, so I've been told....

[alincielo]

I have a dizi and one of my friends have a hulusi! (We are both italians! :))

[cpbuckaroo]

I,m sure you must have stated this project but you have to be laying down individual tracks of an original composition....right...you doing all the parts....it would be so cool...Thanks for the intro....so much music so little time.

[jeracoi]

i'm in love with philippine kubing =D

[yobunny88]

cool.....where'd ya get them

[ZaDiscs]

From on tour around the world

[iheartdonut]

@ZaDiscs

that must have been a real gas man.

[JarrodComstock]

I'm going to be like him one day. I know it.

[tlazan]

DAMN! That was awesome!

Nicely done man!

[yankwaii]

Bravo! 厲害！

[LaughingMaster3000]

A lot of this stuff was Made in China.

[ZaDiscs]

...and a lot was not!!!!!!

[Svenmagpies]

Always nice to see a master at work.

[coooliox27]

isn't the xun just a Chinese ocarina?

[ZaDiscs]

It is a Chinese ocarina...but "just" may not be a good word here, as it has over 6-7000 years of history!

[RigorMortis000]

the one on 2:03 sounds amazing!

[GifmeSpace]

This is so awesome! I have been searching around for info on different kinds of musical instrument and I must say that yours is one of the best I've seen. Please make more of such videos!

[Ambulanceo]

what is the instrument shaped like a snake called

[ZaDiscs]

The names are all listed in the text.

[silverbatwing]

dude, what can he not play?!?

[Fyrged]

I want to start an instrument collection! How would I get any of these though? It's extremely hard to to find instruments like this, and I can't exactly travel to the places these are from...Also the dutar seems extremely similer to the strumstick...makes me wonder..

[jourdy288]

Awesome, I'd love to see you playing these for longer!

[rockerr12595]

where do you get these intruments?

[ZaDiscs]

From around the world.

[1lubneej]

wow! u are an inspiration. How long did it take you to learn all these great instruments? (=

[dice283]

does anyone know the name of the instrument that is like a big jar or drum filled with water but around it there are strings, which you move a bow against and it makes a weird disorienting sound that they use in movies a lot? thanks

[ZaDiscs]

It is called a waterphone, made by Richard Watters

[7777dmith7777]

Did you ever put the Hawaiian one hano ihu in your mouth on accident ?

[ZaDiscs]

No, and he never puts the hulusi in his nose either!

[TheGodoia]

The chinese xun is like an ocarina! LOL :p

[ZaDiscs]

The Chinese xun IS an ocarina.

[jabes88]

awesome!! its so hard to find the names of these amazing instruments. Thank you so much, it's really appreciated!

I have played music for most of my life, but always have been fascinated by the instruments of the world. The past few years I have made it my duty to collect as many of the instruments of the world as I can and learn them.

Tell me, do you ship to Australia?

[claymannz]

next time you visit thailand ...we might meet...close to bkk

[Wowbagger86]

Man, you must have practised at each of those instrument since you got out of the diapers.

[bman462]

:01 i crapped my pants

[lovosazul]

lol, so did I=D

[zzdust]

@bman462 yeah me too.

[GinG305]

dude, your fuckin awesome, please make some more clips

[ElRaJeKi]

It would be great if Randy could do some longer clips of individual instruments for youtube. While it's easy enough to find examples of some instruments (i.e. chinese, indian, and middle eastern instruments are fairly well represented on youtube) others, like the yomkwo and the ding tac ta are extremely rare.

[laoboitube]

Thanks for sharing, but please correct your information. The Khaen instrument is a Lao instrument, not Thai. The people who play the Khene in Thailand are ethnic Laotians who still play the Lao instrument called the Khaen.

[ZaDiscs]

Thanks for your comment. However, you are only partially correct. The khaen is, as you say, an instrument that came with Lao people to Thailand. However, over time the instrument has developed some unique distinctions. The instrument shown is clearly a Thai khaen and not Lao. FYI, there are also Vietnamese and Kampuchean versions of the khaen as well. All came from Laos, but they have their own distinctions.

[dopenessinsurround]

beautiful collection! music is a passion of mine also, and my goal is to travel and collect world insturments. thanks for the vid! very inspiring.

[lurholm]

Oh and btw, spectacular dulcimer playing! I have one of those, but I can't play nearly that fast.

[lurholm]

Absolutely excellent - although a bit overwhelming towards the end. I especially liked the hulusheng, the snail shells, and that Kenyan harp.

[livefromal]

a little to fast at the end it would have been cool to see at least a few seconds of each. but still thats a lot of instuments to play so well

[Camillio]

wow thats amazing. did you travel around the world or had them shipped to you?

[ZaDiscs]

He did both, but a lot from travel while doing concerts.

[manwich420]

Hey i think i bought an ekidongo at a flea market but it has four strings, is it the same instrument?

[ZaDiscs]

There are many African harps, of varying string numbers. Hard to say without a photo.

[renebarot]

great collection! great video!

[daalsij]

this man is supremely talented

[Floralin]

Wow great .

I'm from the Ivory Coast and i was checkin if anyone's playing ahoco .

[gogooko]

Amazing !!! It would be nice to have subtitle for all the name of these unusual musical insturments and origin!!! I like the one at 1:51, 2:04, 2:11, would it be possible to have their names so that I can find one myself!!!!!! Thanks!!!!

[ZaDiscs]

We put up the names that would fit. For the ones at the end, please read the list at the side.

[gogooko]

Ooops........I missed that?! Thanks a lot your collection is really great !!! Thanks for sharing!!!!

[ElFlujo]

nice collection!

[Marksmetolla]

2:13??

[ZaDiscs]

See "more info" for a complete list with time markers.

[crh094]

What is the one at 2:03? Thank you.

[LoneKlittenModern]

its the african kora :)

[ZaDiscs]

It is not a kora, it is called an ekidongo, ennenga or adunga depending on the region of Uganda it is from. They vary in size and the number of strings.

[nbkay]

I'm from Uganda and none of these spellings are correct. It's called an adungu or endongo. In english it's the bow-harp.

[ZaDiscs]

Thanks, appreciate that

[FinalKenny2]

what's the one at 0:40?

[ZaDiscs]

That's a Chinese bawu

[FinalKenny2]

thanks

[SINISABISKO]

bravo,,,,coool

[derk527]

what is that first instrument????

[ZaDiscs]

Its a Thai khaen, a sixteen reed bamboo mouth organ common to Laos and Northeast Thailand

[derk527]

thanks!

[ZaDiscs]

He doesn't claim to play 700, he owns 700 instruments. But he does play some of them well enough to play with Aerosmith, Yes, Cranberries...

[RicardoBatistaPassos]

Aerosmith? is it this guy who did the intro called "dulcimer stomp" with the second instrument that is played on this video? did he created that song?

[ZaDiscs]

Yes, Randy wrote and recorded Dulcimer Stomp with Aerosmith on their 1989 award winning album PUMP.

[RicardoBatistaPassos]

That's cool, that song got a great vibe.

[redheatvn]

It's exceptional to play 700 instruments but I wonder how well he can play each instrument.

[hermanw7]

Very well! (as you can hear).