A Very Bazooka Christmas

As a Christmas gift for a friend of mine and his brother, we made bazookas - the musical instrument, not the weapon. Check out Wikipedia for more information on what bazookas are. Anyway, this is Jingle Bells on the bazookas. Sorry, I started recording part way through.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• christmas
• bazooka
• brass

[sum1frmsumware]

i have a question: do you make the sounds with your actual voice or do you just blow into the bazooka and adjust the...funnel thingy. lol

i'm doing a science olympiad event involving the making of a wind instrument and honestly my mind is running dry. the bazooka looks like an awesome instrument, to play, though :D

[GregorRichards]

@sum1frmsumware The bazooka is a lip-buzzing instrument, like trumpets, horns, etc. Essentially you buzz your lips in resonance with the pipe, and that creates a sound. As such, adjusting the length will change what resonances you can hit. That being said, these are very cheap bazookas, and bazookas are very silly instruments, so it's not really that pure, and you could probably convince it to hit dozens of (poorly-sounding) notes in any position.

[sum1frmsumware]

@GregorRichards Thank you very much! I actually made a really cheap one today, too, with some paper, tape, a funnel, a bottle cap and a straw. It sounded like a vuvuzela. Not so sure that's gonna convince the judges of a nice sound :P

[retrocareermelted]

@decimated550 lol hahaaha

[retrocareermelted]

hahahahahahaha

[decimated550]

That noise could destroy a german tank!

[croniky]

Led hear through curiousity of how bazooka weapon got name. Great

[oldhornyman]

LOL! That's hilarious! How did you make these things?!

[CantaloupeKingMusic]

totally insane. Nice to know other people are curious about bazookas, too.

[mallomon]

Yes. Yes indeed.