Blue Monk on Big tubes

[GNOSISIGLO21]

wow!! is that instrument from the giant lemurs.

[GNOSISIGLO21]

wow!! great lungs, is that instrument from the giant lemurs??/

[theorganloft]

Now this guy is darn cool. He has been in that back stairwell practicing this for some time now. I bet the Boss is wondering where he has been all this time. LOL

[CherylMillard1962]

Sikus this big would traditionally be played by two musicians, it is called playing in "hocket", but anyway how is it tuned?

[CherylMillard1962]

@CherylMillard1962 Actually it would be called a "Toyo", sikus are much smaller in size. Zampona is the Spanish name. The former two are Quechua names.

[brilliantcorners]

@CherylMillard1962 Hi Cheryl, to me they're just big tubes :) I have in the past made recordings using hocket technique, when I had my velcro set (you only hold the notes you need for each part). As for tuning, this beast is chromatic and arranged in two whole tone rows. My smaller pipes, which are on my other videos, have just one whole tone row, with the semitones in between accessible by lipwork.

[XOXOlove145XOXO]

lol is it weird that i find this awesome? lol xD

[clickclarkable]

was that a concert ?........

[scidamenge]

This is cool but maybe you need some kind of a mouthpiece so you can get a clean sound because the openings are obviously too big or maybe you can make the openings smaller or into the shape of a cigar filter this way you get a cleaner sound. Very ingenious! Keep up the good work. Hmmm would like to hear the other song you mentioned about your deal.

[brilliantcorners]

@scidamenge The tubes are in fact pinched to make a rectangular opening with a blowing edge. A better sound can be had for less breath by narrowing the top third of each tube's length. But I treat this as aerophone percussion and it works.

[rossinhoto]

Well well well!

It would appear the joke is on me then!

[rossinhoto]

Umm, excuse me sir, I hope you don't mind me mentioning this, but it would appear you are missing some railings on the side of your stairwell.

Oh hang on, yes I see now.

You have made an enormous set of panpipes out of your bannisters. Well, bravo to you sir, bravo indeed! The industriousness of our species never fails to impress me.

I am assuming you have used those missing side panels to make a comically large xylophone?

[brilliantcorners]

@rossinhoto

Comical perhaps, but it might surprise you to learn that only two weeks after making my first contrabass panpipes I got a call to play them on the soundtrack to John Boorman's Emerald Forest!

[beveridge1942]

A*** for inventiveness . Nevertheless, I'm sure Theolonius Monk would have flattered by you tribute

[MrDriller36]

He looks like an auditor, hiding behind a fence.

[FauSal100]

suena bien los toyos increible para ser uno de esos hay que tener mucho oido para afinarlos en PVC

[petersamiutenki]

Bravo for invention and musical talent! PVC Baritone Panflute. It's not easy to jump over such a pipe diameter! Bravo! :)

[brilliantcorners]

@petersamiutenki Thank you  ;)

[gmumario]

Does this man is a relative of the inventor of violancelo?

[cardemar1]

esta zampoña debe ser unica en el mundo, ¿ que material son los tubos?

[brilliantcorners]

@cardemar1 Son de PVC de tuberia normal

[mzstyle]

oh my good

[mariolalunia]

strange instrument... It gives a freaky sound, and I didn't hear any meody in what you were playing.

P.S. Are you a plumber XD ?

[brilliantcorners]

@mariolalunia Why? Do you have a leak?

[mariolalunia]

@brilliantcorners I just wondered where you got the idea for creating such a huge panflute :). These pipes look like those used to transport water and stuff O_O

[Baltzy24]

@mariolalunia you didn't hear any melody? Look up the song "blue monk" by Thelonious monk. You'll recognize the blues I-IV-V7 form... any you'll hear the melody

[TubeMeeify]

what the fuck is this !

[kattyygerson]

k pulmones ... jajaja que pulmones tienes

[aHeadshott]

XD he like bomming every where XD

[MrMerolu1]

MADRE MIA... no se como logras llenar de aire eso tubos inmesos...

[brilliantcorners]

@MrMerolu1 no hace falte llenarlos, ya que ya lo son! Basta con excitar el aire que ya se halla dentro. Esto vale igual para las personas :)

[miiniie7]

looolll so cool :D

[airedalegirl99]

I am a huge flute fan!! i love his facial expressions! amazing! did you tune it for sharps and flats?

[brilliantcorners]

@airedalegirl99 it is tuned in two whole tone rows, covering all semitones

[IkiraBaru]

Impresionante!!...Es la primera vez que veo y escucho este instrumento. Felicidades Paul !!

[celticbattleaxe]

DAMN!!!! those are HUGE!!!!!!! Andean style, and large as a you-know-what!!!!! COOL!! i am a Pan flutist myself (18 pipe tenor European style), but damn - this is COOL!!! How on Earth did you manage to tune it?

[brilliantcorners]

@celticbattleaxe Thanks for your comment. I answered the question 2 years ago (see below)

[brilliantcorners]

@celticbattleaxe Thanks for your comment. I answered the question 2 years ago (see below)

[121ego]

@celticbattleaxe It's Bolivian zampona.

[shs061660]

get a job...fix your house...lol

[Pedroes1990]

jajajjajaj no hay otras palabras!!!

[b7776]

WOW! Great Job. Love it

[hamburger777777]

do you play tuba? you seem like you have the lung capacity

[Delkaoth]

Wow! I have never seen a panflute this large before, much less played. Your lungs must be pretty strong to support that instrument. I don't suppose it would fall into the Toyo category, would it? Well done! Perhaps you can enhance the music by compiling on a computer this song with some of your other intstruments, making your own music track that has multiple instruments heard at once. Just an idea :)

Play On!

-Delkaoth

[Elplandilamariposa]

uuuooo que bueno... cuanto pulmon!! muy interesante para ver.. saludos de ARGENTINA..

viva la musica

[mizututi]

wonderful jazz performance.

 wonderful handmade pipe.

I also liked the low-pitched sound pipe and made a 9 feet (the minimum sound B) whistle.

[JachaSicu77]

excellent! how did u go with tuning the longer tubes ?

[brilliantcorners]

Hi Jacha, each semitone downwards increases the length by 6% (or x 1.06 = approximately the twelfth root of 2). Anyway, the bottom of the tubes are sealed by corks which you can move up and down for fine tuning.

[FHH1ss]

this is shit

[ugrrXpress]

I am 'floored' by your big panpipe! And would be since I only weigh 108 lbs.:) Great job on Monk's tune, too.

cLwilson

[brilliantcorners]

I have a smaller one for someone your size. It plays an octave higher and is easier to blow, with a leg which is adjustable to the player's height.

[ugrrXpress]

Amazing! I am a member of 'Panflute Friends' a Yahoo! Group. We have a panpipe maker who has made panpipes for several of the group's members. He is making an 8-pipe pentatonic panpipe for me now. From what I've seen you accomplish with yours, I expect my musical proclivity towards blues and jazz will be quite special. Thanks for your special brand of inspiration!

CheryLee

[Urdunchimeg]

i am amazed by this! I myself am a south american panpipe player and in south america there are huge pipes like that at 54 inches long, but they are played between 2 people(1 row per person)

these pipes of yours must be easy to blow!

amazing performance

[berighteous]

What a ginormous panflute! Looks like you'd get dizzy and pass out after playing on that for long! Awesome!

[pascruze2002]

Wonderful instrument and lovely Jazz tune too, Paul !

Congratulations. Tell me more about the construction of this giant Pan flute, did you make it yourself ? It seems quite easy to blow in the pipes and to get a sound too.

Best regards,

Pascal Ruzette

[brilliantcorners]

Hi Pascal - I first carved a mould for the mouthpiece in a block of pine, then after cutting the tubes, heated one end of each tube with an electric paintstripper before pushing it into the mould and holding it for 30 seconds. You need to rasp the tops flat. Then you need a barrel-shaped form for sticking all the tubes together. And remember to open all the windows, or when you blow you will be unable to tell if you're dizzy from blowing or from the glue.