Chords for Rocking Out With Strange Instruments

Hello everyone and welcome back.
Today I'm throwing down some jams with strange instruments.
But before we dive in, I want to let you know that if you think you need some weird instruments
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This is going on until December 11th,
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Alright, let's get into it.
The first instrument I'm going to be rocking out with is my shamisen.
It's a traditional
Japanese instrument.
This one was built over 100 years ago and has been in my family since
2015.
Instead of a pick, you use this windshield scraper looking thing called a bocce.
If you
don't know what a windshield scraper is, I envy you.
It's what people of the north
use to scrape winter off our cars.
Anyways, this bad boy is fretless, which poses an interesting
challenge.
I also have minimal picking skills.
I don't have a ton of confidence going into
this, but hopefully I bring my family honor.
Here [Fm] we go.
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[Gm] _ [E] Next up we have a whistle flute that I made from a carrot.
_ _ [Dbm] The best thing about this is
the price and availability at any grocery store.
How did I make this you ask?
Power
tools and a YouTube instructional video. _ _
Getting it to sound in tune or musical will probably
require some studio magic, but when you get tired of blowing on your carrot flute, you
can always enjoy it as a healthy snack. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [E] _ Hey diddle diddle, guitar, drums, and fiddle can
be used to play rock and roll tunes, but who needs a snare when the kitchen's right
there?
You dummy, just grab yourself a pair of spoons.
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[E] _ _ _ Two things in life I quite enjoy
are hockey and music.
Combine them both and voila, we have a guitar built from two hockey
sticks.
My dad and I crafted this beauty a couple years ago.
He did the building and
I was tasked with the important job of providing moral support.
It's tuned to open E and is
great for playing those bluesy slide [G] licks.
[A] _ _ [B] Let's see what we can do with it.
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[A] _ _ Next, we have the Astral Whip, which I featured in a recent Weird Pedals video, but it's so
great I had to bring it back.
It's basically a vacuum tube attached to a guitar pedal casing
with a microphone inside.
When spun around in circles, it sounds rather spectacular.
Check it out.
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_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ Next _ _ _ up we have the Omnicord, an electronic [N] auto harp built in the 80s.
As you can see,
I don't have one.
Wish I did, they sound super cool, but I've yet to come across one.
However,
thanks to technology, I've found a website that emulates one.
It functions in a similar
way to the actual one.
You select which chord you want to play using the letters, and then
you strum that chord using the [A] numbers.
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_ _ _ _ Sounds good enough, the Cyber Omnicord will have
to do [Am] until the day I find a real one. _ _
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_ My last strange [N] instrument for today is an instrument that predates the electric guitar
the Theremin, named after its creator Leon Theremin, who patented the device in 1928.
The pitch is controlled by how far my right hand is from this antenna.
_ _ _ _ _ _ The volume is controlled by how far my left hand is from this antenna.
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_ _ [Em] To me, it sounds like a cross between an opera singer and R2-D2.
How hard can this thing
rock?
Let's see if we can take the Theremin to the Theremax. _
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_ _ _ [Em] _ [F] _ There you have it, rocking out with my strange [Bb] instruments.
I want to remind you guys that
there are weird as well as [D] many normal instruments over at [Eb] www.sweetwater.com. And up to [D] December
[G] 11th, 2018, [C] using the link in the [F] description, you [Gm] can win up to [A] $5 [Bb],000 worth of free gear.
Hit the link, fill out your [D] list by clicking the add to [Gm] list button on any item [Eb] and you're
[Am] automatically entered.
[Bb] It can be a [B] single Gibson, it [C] can be a [Bbm] thousand pairs of Daddario
strings, whatever it [Dm] is that you're dreaming of this holiday [D] season.
On [Gm] my list, I've got a Royer Ribbon Mic that looks like a lightsaber, an Ernie Ball
[C] St.
Vincent guitar, and a Roland [F] Keytar.
How I've gone this long without [E] owning a [D] keytar,
I don't know, but maybe Sweetwater Santa will [G] change that this year.
[Gm] Thank you all for watching, and if you're new here, [Eb] make sure you hit that [E] subscribe
button [Gm] and stay tuned for regular [Cm] musical content.
[Bb] If you want to see another video
like this one, click that link up there.
And if you've got a weird instrument you [D] think
I should try out, let me [Gm] know in the comments.
Until [Eb] next time, thank you all [Bb] again.
I'm
SamuraiGuitarist and I [C] will see you [Gm] soon. _