Yaybahar by Görkem Şen
Pin it! Yaybahar is an electric-free, completely acoustic instrument designed by Görkem Şen. 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. What you are hearing in this performance was captured in real-time without any additional effects and with no post audio processing.
This is an incredibly unique sound and performance. I have never heard anything quite like it. After about 3 minutes, it really starts to get interesting.
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Mattlockhart 9 years, 6 months ago
I remember seeing this before and, besides the obviously beautiful music he's managed to create with this contraption, I remember thinking "damn, I want that house!"
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brian 9 years, 6 months ago
I've never seen anything like this. It's pretty cool to see someone create a new kind of instrument. I mean, we've basically been using the same ones for the last few hundred years.
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