Imagine a one-man band, except he’s two bands.
If humans had 4 arms, we'd probably have some pretty wild musical instruments
Submitted 1 year ago by Alivrah@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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spittingimage@lemmy.world 1 year ago
MedicPigBabySaver@lemm.ee 1 year ago
IMO: currently the best one man band is Shakey Graves… check his video.
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riot@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I think Shakey Graves is good, but I think Steel Beans encompasses one-man band even better: www.youtube.com/watch?v=louAX5OPPtI
His original stuff is cool too: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFJJ-aYsGl4
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 1 year ago
Have you seen an organ? It’s basically several keyboards stacked on top of each other, including a single-octave one for your feet.
TwoCubed@feddit.de 1 year ago
Now imagine that, but stack a set of drums on top. Maybe even add 2 additional legs while we’re at it!
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 1 year ago
Can you imagine, that guy from Mortal Combat would have 8 arms!
DrQuint@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You’re saying we don’t already?
Hit it Joe!
Late2TheParty@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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bstix@feddit.dk 1 year ago
We have enough wild instruments
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kholby@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Like the Antagonistic Undecagonstring?
3DKungFu@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I clicked hoping to see a Hydrogen Sonata reference and was not disappointed.
lorez@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Like, I dunno, an organ!
Dagnet@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Or we could just keep playing the piano
TastyWheat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Straight Goro-guitarin’
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 year ago
We’d also be forewarned.
brandon@infosec.pub 1 year ago
Meanwhile, I can’t find the brainpower to play an instrument and form words at the same time. I pretty much end up drooling on myself.
Knusper@feddit.de 1 year ago
Yeah, with electronic help, like a looping device or just recording different tracks one after another, you can obviously do amazing things, but you end up lacking a lot of flexibility to quickly improvise or adjust yourself to what’s happening in the other voices.
Having said that, in an orchestra, you don’t really want most of the instruments to go wild, so simple instruments would still be a thing. Even today, there’s lots of instruments where one hand just holds the instrument.
I guess, with 4 arms, you could attempt to play two violins at the same time, though.whosdadog@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
We may not have 4 arms but we do have whatever this is youtu.be/ywrK1yTYRIA
EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If I had 4 arms id eat a sammich and drink some chocolate milk while i fap.
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 year ago
which task takes 2 hands?
EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I left a hand free for the stations of the cross because im a sinner.
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Depends if you’re a double fister or like to give yourself a little backdoor action
imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
You already know
rockerface@lemm.ee 1 year ago
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witx@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Take the upvote. For some reason you taking over his ideia this way made me laugh uncontrollably.