jazz musician manages to get a tune out of the vuvuzela

[AerialTheShamen]

I have now uploaded my Vuvuzela Music FAQ. It also shows that "Beat Horn" in detail.

latexmindresearch.tripod.com/V­uvuzelaMusicFAQ.htm

[AerialTheShamen]

This is a plastic horn with pseudo-rubber diaphragm that has nothing to do with a kazoo trumpet but functions like a canned air horn (only mouth operated). I got a similar "The Beat - Horn" by Powco that I find really hard to play melodically this way. Especially it stays always very loud because unlike vuvuzelas it refuses to sound at all when blown softer, and it stinks badly of solvents.

[Matrix29bear]

It is a Kazoo Trumpet.

If you love Kazoos and you love Trumpets, then this is an ideal instrument.

[AerialTheShamen]

@Matrix29bear The kazoo contains a diaphragm that vibrates by voice. A standard vuvuzela has none thus you have to vibrate your lips (by blowing or by voice) to get a sound. (I write an FAQ about the vuvuzela - I can make sounds on it almost like a saxophone.)