Maywa Denki Otamatone Music Instrument – Black
Price: $43.95
Most musical instruments don’t have faces. It’s a shame, really, as almost everything can be made better with a cute face. Well, fear not friends, as we’ve found one of the cutest musical instruments ever – and it has a face! It’s straight from Japan, and it’s called the Otamatone Electronic Instrument. We’ll give you a little idea of how this adorable thing works, we’ll show you a little video of it in action, and then we’ll set you off on your merry way to sing your own songs.
Ok, so in theory, playing the Otamatone Electronic Instrument is unbelievably easy. You place your finger on the stem to select the pitch. To get vibrato (or any sort of wah-wah effects), you just squeeze the note’s rubber cheeks repeatedly. This will open and close the little dude’s mouth. Now, we did say easy in theory. That’s because the strip on the stem has no pitch labels or frets, so you really have to have a good ear. That said, you can easily just slide between notes, both for ease of playing and for even more musical effect. The Otamatone Electronic Instrument is wacky, adorable, distinctive, and can be a great instrument for some unique electronic performances.
Features
- Three pitch levels and two volume levels.
- 1 octave plus a diminished 5th per pitch level.
- Dimension: 2.75" x 2.75" x 10.75"
- 3 AAA Batteries (not included)
- Straight from Japan!
User Reviews
This is a fun little toy, and a good conversation starter. Other than trying to accompany guitar solos by ear, don't plan on making anything resembling music with it though! It is difficult to find and stay on a pitch without a great deal of practice (I would compare this to trying to learn/play a fretless bass or slide trombone), and if you have larger hands, the control strip on the 'neck' of the note feels a bit small (a very small movement produces a correspondingly large shift in pitch). So long as you keep this in mind, it's a neat idea and fun to play with for small periods of time. -- A Fun Toy!
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