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⬐ diminish

Yaybahar reminded me of my own experiments: When i scratch stuff (like balloons etc) i am able to perceive electronic-like sounds and create bass lines for my music classes by recording them.

It's weird how the electronic is the new natural, in that, we recognize natural sounds as imitations of electronic ones.

⬐ datashovel

I was curious instantly whether or not the acoustics carried as well in open spaces. Here's a video of the instrument being played on the beach. Seems that it does.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_LW-eUYt7Y

⬐ gokhan

Here's a TEDx video featuring the instrument with a better close-up view:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBnsqzbHbgU

In Turkish (inventor is from Turkey), "yay" means both spring (like elastic metal) and bow, the instrument uses both. And "bahar" means spring (like a season). Funny name.

Edit

Description found on Vimeo: Yaybahar is an electric-free, totally acoustic instrument designed by Gorkem Sen. The vibrations from the strings are transmitted via the coiled springs to the frame drums. These vibrations are turned into sound by the membranes which echo back and forth on the coiled springs. This results in an unique listening experience with an hypnotic surround sound.

⬐ noisy_boy

"yay bahar" means "this spring" in hindi/urdu ("bahar" being of Persian origin). I'm not sure if "yay" also has Persian origins.