The Xirula is a is a 3-holed flute from Basque country, similar to the txistu flute. Like most flutes, it evolved from ancient flutes of its region and is rooted in the local folk music.
The human voice is one of the oldest and most widespread musical instruments. There are many styles of music based around the voice as a solo instrument, though its usefulness can extent from pitch to rhythmic, timbre, and ambient roles.
There once was a gal from Santa Cruz
with twenty-four notes from which to choose.
So with guitar on stage
she played minimum wage
and revived the quarter-tone blues.
A sailor who was lost on a sail,
made delirious sounds like a whale.
But islanders nearby,
tooted reeds to reply
that they only used Bohlen-Pierce Scale.
Not many fans of the series are aware of the easter eggs unique to the different system ports of Kitten Kross. One example is sound_test_17 in the Turbografx-16 ROM, which could only be heard upon receiving game-over after achieving the all-time low-score. It was highly acclaimed for being the first use of the 19-tone division of the octave in a shoot-'em-up soundtrack.
It's been a month since I've posted, so here is a double feature for you:
The shamisen is a Japanese 3-stringed instrument that has a similar body to a lute or banjo. It first came about as early as the 16th century, but has root in very similar, and much older, Chinese instruments.
