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  • Опубліковано 12 вер 2022
  • Trying out the Suzuki Andes 25F. A pretty expensive instrument extremely high end quality fun
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 179

  • @eabeeson
    @eabeeson Рік тому +89

    That was Auld Lang Syne, a Scottish folk song that’s usually sung to commemorate the end of something, like at the end of the year on New Years Eve or at a funeral or at a closing ceremony.
    Your rendition nailed the vibe perfectly.

    • @elmariachi5133
      @elmariachi5133 Рік тому +1

      And it's the Ghostbusters anthem! (at least on C64!) xD

    • @FreeScience
      @FreeScience Рік тому +2

      It was used as the melody for the national anthem of Korea before 1936.

    • @FeOyakawa
      @FeOyakawa Рік тому +1

      I didn't know that.
      This song plays in stores here in Japan every day, when the stores are about to close.
      Now it makes total sense.

    • @DungusMcGrungus
      @DungusMcGrungus Рік тому

      The band Direct Hit! also uses it in a few songs in their album Brainless God.

    • @sebsoud
      @sebsoud Місяць тому

      we're only missing the alcoholic breath that comes with it 😂

  • @sstrudeau
    @sstrudeau Рік тому +55

    That song was Auld Lang Syne -- traditionally sung on New Years Eve

    • @thedangersofoxygen135
      @thedangersofoxygen135 Рік тому +2

      That's what it's called?!
      I've always called it old Lang zine

    • @PaulTheSkeptic
      @PaulTheSkeptic Рік тому +1

      @@thedangersofoxygen135 I'm guessing you sang the song like this "Should old acquaintance be forgot and the neeeee be daaaaaa hooooooo baaaaaa. Meeeee maaaaa duuu daaaaa dooooo deeeeee pooo taaaa doooo and the muuuuuu of old Lang Zine." Lol.

    • @kingofallwhites
      @kingofallwhites 7 місяців тому

      Lame song

  • @MVMullins
    @MVMullins Рік тому +9

    As soon as I saw the word "Andes" on it, I realized it's basically a keyboard actuated pan flute.
    I've never heard of such a thing, but leave it to you to find one. Pretty cool!

  • @sidinator3000
    @sidinator3000 Рік тому +17

    I've always wanted to see a "wet-tuned" melodica. It's when each note plays 2 or 3 reeds that are slightly out of tune to produce a chorus effect. It's common in some accordions but I don't know if anyone makes a wet-tuned melodica

    • @alfredomeister9817
      @alfredomeister9817 7 місяців тому

      Melodicas only have one reed per note, so that's not really possible

    • @liamfisher7178
      @liamfisher7178 3 місяці тому +1

      @@alfredomeister9817 It is possible it would just be expensive to build and would be very bulky

  • @reggiep75
    @reggiep75 Рік тому +27

    That bass melodica has got a great skanky sax tone.I want more!

  • @friskybento
    @friskybento Рік тому +24

    This honestly sounds like something that would be in little big planet

  • @ConwayBob
    @ConwayBob Рік тому +14

    Melodicas are great, but yes, this thing is a different kind of beast. As a flute player I appreciate the difference. Thanks for an interesting demo!

  • @DewtehDew
    @DewtehDew Рік тому +9

    Why the hell don’t you make sound tracks for indie games. You would kill it.

  • @ivanpalominos3238
    @ivanpalominos3238 Рік тому +6

    When you decide to go hangout with the bard between quests

  • @StopMoBro
    @StopMoBro Рік тому +8

    The little automatic one seems like it could have some potential for 3D printing custom discs. Might be a bit limited, but I imagine it wouldn't be too hard for someone that knows what they're doing.

  • @mrudo8663
    @mrudo8663 Рік тому +7

    The overtones of electric melodicas are great
    In the moment while playing some big big chords and the air stream is near collapsing... This cannot be simulated, but the usual sounds are mostly quite annoying but i can understand the motivation to work with these instruments

  • @aswarmofdeadinsects
    @aswarmofdeadinsects Рік тому +8

    It would be perhaps interesting to mount some (piezo?) pickups on/in it.

    • @reggiep75
      @reggiep75 Рік тому +4

      Was hoping that someone would have said this.
      Then mixing it and putting it thru pedals would be a good idea!

  • @iAmTheSquidThing
    @iAmTheSquidThing Рік тому +4

    _The Go! Team_ have used recorders rather well in a few of their songs like "Get It Together" and "The Wrath of Marcie".

  • @TheDavidPoole
    @TheDavidPoole Рік тому +2

    Add a contact mic, or similar, and bolt on an arduino or raspberry pi and a touch screen loaded up with fx VSTs. Quarter inch jack output and you're golden!

  • @pauljs75
    @pauljs75 Рік тому +3

    Might be interesting to see if you can play the flute keyboard with one of those air mattress or beach toy inflator pump pedals. Not sure if that confers any particular useful advantage or quality, but it could be an idea to play with.

  • @MacNifty
    @MacNifty Рік тому +2

    It was the 4th grade when all of us cool kids wanted to play the drums or the saxophone or a cool instrument but our parents were broke so we only could afford the flute class. But no matter what we wanted to play music so we didn't care. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

  • @JeffHopkinsMusic
    @JeffHopkinsMusic Рік тому +4

    I love my Andes.... Super fun instrument

    • @JeffHopkinsMusic
      @JeffHopkinsMusic Рік тому +1

      Air speed to pitch bend is obviously super important too for intonation

  • @powaytheband
    @powaytheband Рік тому +1

    Love the pedal (moist) and the beehive mmmm mmmm fun! As to your MOD Im thinking stand up the fluit floot flute section and ad some sort of foot pump bellows to the blowie part, so its like a mini foot pump organ

  • @PaulTheSkeptic
    @PaulTheSkeptic Рік тому +1

    It's Auld Lang Syne. Which is actually one of my favorite songs. One of my favorite standards anyway. At most holidays you get cheery music or solemn liturgical laments. But the only mood that fits you when you're drunk on New Years, after the ball has lowered in time square and the numbers have all changed, as the party has passed its apogee and people are milling about, figuring out how they're getting home or coupling off and finding some privacy, is bittersweet. That's just how everyone feels then. And that song just fits. That's why I like that song. You'll usually find me somewhere playing it over and over on an acoustic guitar at that point.

  • @alexiscayer4110
    @alexiscayer4110 Рік тому +1

    2:30 being from a french Canadian background, sounds like the folk song "ce n'est qu'un au revoir" or translated to "its only a goodbye"

  • @blockflute
    @blockflute 4 місяці тому

    This is probably like blowing into an ocarina, you can bend a lot up and down by varying the air pressure. To play cleanly you need a steady air stream, otherwise it sounds goofy. The Tuneyville piano thing with the records is pure genius, I love it

  • @illustriouschin
    @illustriouschin Рік тому +5

    I would have absolutely no idea how to include those instruments in a track and you did a great job. I imagine the blower motors could be replaced by a bellows which would be a lot quieter.
    I've never seen that Critter And Guitari sampler before it's crazy.

    • @pollosasadosalcarbon
      @pollosasadosalcarbon Рік тому

      that would basically be an electronic accordion lmao

    • @FritzVonR
      @FritzVonR 8 місяців тому +1

      I was wondering what that blue box was called! Thx!

  • @Caitorine
    @Caitorine Рік тому +2

    The first time I saw this instrument was in a PoopPoopFart video (PPF now) who mainly used it for kirby song covers. I fell in love with it in that context but I could never convince meyself to get one.

  • @pianokeyjoe
    @pianokeyjoe Рік тому +1

    In big bold Boom Voice "SIMON THE MAGPIE ON HIS WACKY FLUTE ORGAN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!"

  • @binface9
    @binface9 Рік тому +1

    Everyone knows that you're a big fan of melodicas because everyone is a big fan of melodicas! It's is physically impossible to be otherwise.

    • @danzeldiaz7447
      @danzeldiaz7447 3 місяці тому +1

      Yup I’m a big fan of melodicas

  • @Beeks81
    @Beeks81 Рік тому +1

    I just noticed in an older video you have a sticker that said "semen the creampie" and i had to pause it to stop laughing. My face hurts.

  • @lo-firobotboy7112
    @lo-firobotboy7112 Рік тому +3

    I also have a couple melodicas and a chord organ or two, but I've never seen a bass melodica. I need one!

    • @reggiep75
      @reggiep75 Рік тому +3

      It's got a really nice skanky sax tone. I'd love to hear some bass lines on it.

  • @PhillipRaymondGoodman
    @PhillipRaymondGoodman Рік тому +2

    This thing seems like panpipes to me, wondering if you add attachments to make all of them longer and have a deeper sound, because it is painfully highpitched

  • @lordsqueak
    @lordsqueak Рік тому +1

    I wonder if you can make something like a bagpipes bag for the mouthpiece. That way you could maybe use a bellows to add air while you play?

  • @The_Sonic_Oasis
    @The_Sonic_Oasis Рік тому +3

    That bass melodica sounds really nice!!!!

  • @melodicagallery2888
    @melodicagallery2888 3 місяці тому

    The melodicas are amazing and expressive instruments, they have a lot of potential in good hands and lips but the Andes has a very strident voice and its very hard to control the sound on it, unfortunately we will never see an Alto Andes because of the manufacture price and small public for it.
    You have a very charismatic channel, good video.

  • @TheChristafershawn
    @TheChristafershawn Рік тому +3

    Auld Lang Syne is what you played.

  • @iNuchalHead
    @iNuchalHead Рік тому +2

    You're a mad man, Mag pie, and I'm here for it.

  • @arenotdiy7280
    @arenotdiy7280 Рік тому +2

    Thank you for being so invested Simon. Thank you for showing us all the awesomely terrible instruments there are out there, you friggin rock. I might try making one of these lol

  • @fiskmactaggert5030
    @fiskmactaggert5030 Рік тому +1

    aaah what does the leaver do though!?!?

  • @icebob8555
    @icebob8555 Рік тому +2

    What if you lengthen the tubes

  • @mycosys
    @mycosys Рік тому +3

    if you want to mod it - you could try adding resonant or damping material round the organ pipes to affect timbre?

  • @spiderfingers2005
    @spiderfingers2005 Рік тому

    I bought one of these about 10 years ago, used it once on a recording and i haven't seen it since then! Thank you for reminding me that i have one. Now, i have to try to remember where i left it...

  • @Expressionistix
    @Expressionistix Рік тому +2

    You're a regular Mike Oldfield

  • @doublebass
    @doublebass Рік тому +7

    I'd definitely be interested in seeing a diy version of the flute piano.

  • @Tephomab
    @Tephomab Рік тому

    In theory you could 3d print your own records for that thing.

  • @andyhunt5150
    @andyhunt5150 Рік тому

    “I need to call my Mom.” 😂😂😂

  • @noirmagique
    @noirmagique Рік тому +1

    Oh the bass one though!

  • @noahorlowski3328
    @noahorlowski3328 Рік тому +1

    Looking into making my electric Melodica have stereo outs and my first thought was "I wonder if like Simon the Magpie or someone has any videos on melodicas"

  • @JoshuaKennedy321
    @JoshuaKennedy321 Рік тому

    I actually have one of those, and the biggest challenge is finding a suitable use for it. The upper half of the keyboard is way too shrill and I can't stand hearing it. I wish they had built it an octave lower ... but doubling the pipe length would make the instrument too big, maybe?

  • @ritofuturito
    @ritofuturito Рік тому +2

    10:00 I was dancing to this. Not proud of it but I won’t apologise either 🌞

    • @geraldfriend256
      @geraldfriend256 Рік тому +1

      Try not to think about it as a backing track to Girls Just Wanna Have Fun because once you do , ….

    • @reggiep75
      @reggiep75 Рік тому +1

      I was just laughing and imagining R2-D2 going apeshit as a DJ.

  • @ChristopherScullion
    @ChristopherScullion Рік тому

    Play it under water. Gotta play it under water

  • @Align
    @Align Рік тому

    Try adding an inflatable bag and turning it into a bagpipe. Maybe add some recorders to act as a drone.

  • @DJRY360
    @DJRY360 Рік тому +1

    when you started playing along with the first song it sounded like a trippy version of Norwegian Wood for like half a second

  • @distractionpool
    @distractionpool Рік тому +2

    This is friggin fantastic.

  • @tonyeye101
    @tonyeye101 Рік тому

    They are down to $149 now on Amazon.

  • @slobberkissintl3548
    @slobberkissintl3548 Рік тому

    The perfect instrument for those meme renditions of popular songs to play when your dog falls off the couch or gets hit in the face with the ball bc slow reaction time

  • @Aeduo
    @Aeduo Рік тому

    Makes everything sound like Yoshi's Island for the 3DS.

  • @thecolorpink1382
    @thecolorpink1382 Рік тому

    oooh! hirokazu ando used this on the kirby's epic yarn soundtrack, at the very least on the song whispy's forest

  • @bungeechord1
    @bungeechord1 Рік тому +1

    Play it through a Leslie speaker

  • @DavidSGrop
    @DavidSGrop Рік тому +1

    Ola Englund collab when

  • @kuciferr
    @kuciferr Рік тому

    what if you created some sort of controlled motorized air pump to make it a drone?

  • @brianspenst1374
    @brianspenst1374 Рік тому +1

    Simon the Flautist

  • @RocketChild
    @RocketChild Рік тому

    the small electric toy flute piano is the best toy ever! So cool

  • @danzeldiaz7447
    @danzeldiaz7447 3 місяці тому

    I feel like both of those toys were from like about the 1970s or so I feel like them melodica flute toy was from the 70s and then there’s the flute melodica piano thingy that I feel like it could be from the 70s or 80s who makes that flute piano toy thing because I want to find one

  • @kitsunegiblaze8022
    @kitsunegiblaze8022 Рік тому

    This either sounds like Spongebob, or Dark Crystal.

  • @shveylien7401
    @shveylien7401 Рік тому

    Use that panflute keybed as a start for a mini pipe organ?

  • @RetroPlus
    @RetroPlus Рік тому

    They used this instrument for the melody in Gorillaz - broken

  • @e-conrecords4665
    @e-conrecords4665 Рік тому

    This is your funniest & coolest video in ages…. 😂

  • @Darzzr
    @Darzzr Рік тому

    Thought of running water through it? It wouldn't make pitched sound as such but you might get something interesting if you put a mic right next to the pipes.

  • @SlyHikari03
    @SlyHikari03 Рік тому +1

    That is so neat

  • @jimhart1959
    @jimhart1959 Рік тому +1

    Does it have MIDI?

  • @theclovercross
    @theclovercross Рік тому

    Add the lights from one time vapes. They have some thing where it reacts to öh luft passi ng though

  • @jnathan7171
    @jnathan7171 Рік тому +1

    I literally bought a melodica today

  • @countjulu
    @countjulu Рік тому

    I would only use this for dissonant flute chords. Just slap a little distortion on it and we're good

  • @DirtyPlumbus
    @DirtyPlumbus Рік тому +1

    People say I'm nuts for spending $200 on a Korg NTS-2. I think you've got me beat bud. Lol
    Sounds awesome though. 👌 👍

  • @thedangersofoxygen135
    @thedangersofoxygen135 Рік тому

    I love the drama that melodicas bring

  • @mrstdoodle7085
    @mrstdoodle7085 Рік тому

    I purchased a Suzuki Andes 25 F Flute keyboard a couple months ago, but it came without the two mouthpieces and neck strap that were supposed to be included. Have had no success contacting the company I ordered from. Do you know if the mouthpieces from your keyboard melodicas fits interchangeably with the Suzuki Flute Keyboard? I need a mouthpiece...URGH! I agree.... your melodica keyboards sound much better than the Suzuki

  • @KSUTAU
    @KSUTAU Рік тому

    I have one and for how hard it is to get the hang of I love it

  • @aurora3655
    @aurora3655 Рік тому +1

    There’s so many inappropriate jokes here.

  • @BanjoMasterPete
    @BanjoMasterPete Рік тому

    It would be cool to hack some kinda rotating valve into it for a vibrato effect

  • @Ixodiusixi
    @Ixodiusixi Рік тому

    The late Josh Fischel in the band Bargain Music to me will always be the g.o.a.t. of melodica.

  • @Ififitzisitz
    @Ififitzisitz Рік тому

    You could combine the actions, make stops, and you would be on your way to an organ!

  • @LikwitSwords
    @LikwitSwords 4 місяці тому

    I thought it was the Arthur theme at first

  • @lightworker3693
    @lightworker3693 Рік тому

    Flutes are monophonic, but this is polyphonic so it's cool

  • @georgeparkins777
    @georgeparkins777 Рік тому +1

    Be careful, there's spammers posing as the channel in the comment section!

  • @ringsystemmusic
    @ringsystemmusic Рік тому

    MIDI convert it for giggles

  • @stephenglennon9584
    @stephenglennon9584 Рік тому

    If they make a new Little Big Planet game.... you should be on the soundtrack

  • @Trance88
    @Trance88 Рік тому

    That thing sounds like a slide whistle with keys. Is it the world's smallest Calliope?

  • @ArcticPalmTrees
    @ArcticPalmTrees Рік тому

    1:35 Did you just do the Spongebob fog horn?

  • @diversions5693
    @diversions5693 Рік тому

    That was Scottish folk song Auld Lang Syne!

  • @LassetUnsSpielen
    @LassetUnsSpielen Рік тому

    You should try to submerge the flutes in water to create a bubbling melodica.

  • @jayward7549
    @jayward7549 Рік тому

    Sounds like happy video game,,, music,,,,or a cartoon❤

  • @skyhester9196
    @skyhester9196 Рік тому

    This guy sure can twiddle a knob

  • @jean-fredericgauvin5053
    @jean-fredericgauvin5053 Місяць тому

    Version of honer is so much nice

  • @surajitguria4645
    @surajitguria4645 Рік тому

    Bro thats what I said haha im back right now sober lol

  • @brisbrg5179
    @brisbrg5179 6 місяців тому

    Just sounds like a more cute recorder

  • @lauratiso
    @lauratiso Рік тому

    PPF used to have one of these

  • @Ricky-nc2tt
    @Ricky-nc2tt Рік тому

    What does the small silver handle on the side do? Does it change the tone?

  • @digitaldobbie
    @digitaldobbie Рік тому

    Use an electronic car tyre inflator to power it

  • @mathewmitchell5407
    @mathewmitchell5407 Рік тому

    its the new years eve song!

  • @Zantrop64
    @Zantrop64 Рік тому

    This is essentially a lung powered organ

  • @matthewfoster2684
    @matthewfoster2684 Рік тому

    What's the blue thing with the antenna! That you were speeding up and slowing down!

    • @SimonTheMagpie
      @SimonTheMagpie  Рік тому

      I think you mean the ”Kaleidoloop”. The antenna looking thing is in that case a microphone. It’s like a really primitive pitch shifty looper.

    • @matthewfoster2684
      @matthewfoster2684 Рік тому

      @@SimonTheMagpie I watched a lot of your videos last night and found the kliedolooper . You are very inspiring. And entertaining. Thanks for responding.

  • @danzeldiaz7447
    @danzeldiaz7447 3 місяці тому

    I want to buy the flute piano

  • @DJKickstarter
    @DJKickstarter Рік тому

    Put soap water inside to blow bubbles.