Carrot clarinet | Linsey Pollak | TEDxSydney
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2014
- Linsey Pollak turns a carrot into a clarinet using an electic drill a carrot and a saxophone mouthpiece, and plays it all in a matter of 5 minutes.
Linsey Pollak is an Australian musician, instrument maker, composer, musical director and community music facilitator. He has recorded 31 albums, toured his solo shows extensively in Europe, Nth America and Asia as well as performing at most major festivals around Australia.
Linsey has devised many large Festival pieces such as "BimBamBoo" and "Sound Forest", as well as collaborating on many music and theatre projects around Australia. He established The Multicultural Arts Centre of WA, and has co-ordinated five Cross-cultural Music Ensembles in three different States. Linsey has also worked as a musical instrument maker for 40 years and has designed a number of new wind instruments as well as specialising in woodwind instruments from Eastern Europe.
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gives a whole new meaning to playing with your food
+ShadowSage6 Ba dum tss
+ShadowSage6 lol true dat
ShadowSage6 when you think about it, all those people went there to watch a guy play music out of a frickin carrot.
Lol true dat
lol
That sounded a million times better than I ever imagined.
uhh it did all the way ...
Ikr
I want to see him make and play a pickle-o
hahahaha
Mother of God sur
@Nat King Cobra get out
Or a tuber...
A pickle is to wed to play
Carrinet?
You deserve more upvotes LOOOOL
upvotes? you mean likes?
Reddit is leaking again XD
Yeah, that's what I meant xD
Sai Namuduri 200th like
Strange; It does not sound like a carrot.
i wonder what a carrot sounds like
Fred RobidouxH
Crunchy
agiar2000 you are quite right, my dear
@@agiar2000 hahahha I died. Good one!
@@hirof4357
Thank you very much!
The last 50 seconds when he's playing the final product is sublime. It's a short but amazing composition. I pull up this red talk every so often just to listen to the last 50 seconds numerous times in a row.
yup, same here. I love it :D
4:16
I was surprised by how low the pitch was for such a short instrument, so I had to do the math for myself. He cuts the carrot to 178mm length. That's from his (now defunct) website, but fits the size of his hand in the video. He's using a saxophone mouthpiece, which has a bore diameter about three times the bore diameter that he drilled in the carrot; the larger diameter of the mouthpiece coupled to the smaller bore increases the effective acoustic length of the mouthpiece to about 150mm. The fundamental frequency for a clarinet (all holes covered) would be f = S/4L, where the speed of sound (S) is 345 m/s and the total acoustic length (L) is 0.328 m, works out to 263Hz which is fairly close to middle C, which is what he played.
If he had used a clarinet mouthpiece, he would have needed a bigger carrot to get the same pitch.
I really appreciate the time you took to comment. I know the calculations for focal length of a telescope, but I don't know the calculations for fundamental frequency -- and that's despite playing woodwinds most of my life (primarily bassoon). I know very little of the acoustic science behind them. So thank you! And thank you for explaining why the saxophone mouthpiece was the right choice for this carrot clarinet. I have learned something today, and that means it was a good day. Thank you very much. ;-)
its sodium chloride
@@thepinnacleofretardation3345 no dude, it's salt
dingdong yourmomswrong Has the timbre of a saxophone, IMO-are characteristics of the sound more from the mouthpiece?
@@lucyfoster4082 likely. You can make a clarinet sound like one if you use a soft reed and / or play with lips loose. I do it pretty often - since I'm still learning clarinet and can't always keep up the pressure, lol.
I think the only thing more impressive than being able to make a clarinet out of a carrot is that a TEDx presentation was useful for once!
LOL
***** Congratulations! You're the second horrible human being I've dealt with in a row that calls a person stupid for having a different opinion.
TEDx presentations are frequently useful/informative.
t is You sure you're not talking about TED and not TEDx?
BrentJohn although most people are gonna give you shit, you are indeed correct because most tedx talks are just smart people showing off what they can do and talking about how they did it. This is one of the only ones where you get taught to do something. So fuck the ignorant people, and good on ya
Instructions aren't clear, I drilled through the carrot and my hand into the table. Help
I know it's kind of late but eat the carrot and your hand. It's the only way
_Yuya Fujisawa_ yeap yur right XD
Put the mouthpiece into your hand and play your hand....who needs a carrot!!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Obviously a very talented man who enjoys his work and his life.
I freaked out when he started playing! It sounds like a high quality clarinet!
The amount of soul in that first phrase @ 4:17 is just amazing - what a brilliant sound!
That carrot sounds better than most clarinets.
Pollock's transformation of a carrot into a clarinet, is absolutely amazing. He is a genius musical instrument maker / musician. 👌👌👍👍❤❤
The clarrot
Korvmeknacke carronet
Carronet
i could prbly listen to this guy play a carrot all day long!
This inspires me to try to make the a carrot kena that would be 100% carrot. It would take some fine carving but it must be able to be done.
THIS man is brilliant!
how did you even find this??? lol
my brother showed it to me. he saw it on facebook and i thought it was awesome, so i shared it.
Her: "Do you play an instrument?"
Me: "Yeah, a carrot"
This man has fantastic creativity!!! I can't even imagine who or why someone would give this video a thumbs down...seriously what planet are you from to NOT enjoy this?!?
Either way, I could watch this man all day & still want more!! Love watching people with creative minds at work!!
My aunt sent this video trying to find something I’ll appreciate. I told her I was yawning until he played the dang thing. I sat up respectfully, kudos.
and the bliss starts at 4:20 how convenient ().o
SMOKE WEED EVERYDAY
+Matt Jones haha this video definitely reminded me of stoner engineering, too. Apple -> bong, carrot -> clarinet
awwwww keep him protected at all costs
A E S T H E T I C
amazing timbre for something so easily made! I've seen a few people make instruments from fruit/veg and this is by far the best sounding!
I want to see someone put together an entire reed section in an orchestra playing these things. CAN WE PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN?!?!
That was amazing, the piece at the end just blew me away.
Such creativity! Imagination beyond anything I've seen/or known! Now, I know what a carrot sounds like! Ty.
greatest sound to ever come out of a vegetable
"Thank you for joining us at the Newyork fill harmonic! That's Bill over there playing the carrot......."
That's gotta be the 2nd best carrot performance I've ever witnessed.
I like the creative idea and being funny, and musical talent in one.
How cool and fun is that! Obviously he's an accomplished horn reed player, which helps alot with his demo :)
A clarinet with a full day's supply of Vitamin A
Creative, and delicious!
Perfect example of thinking outside the box. Great stuff!
Mom: We can't afford a clarinet for you
Me:
What do you call an instrument made out of a carrot with a saxophone mouth piece? Answer: A Carrotnetophone...............That guy is awesome. He's so creative, and really good at playing music.
Just well and truly AMAZING!
Кларнет из обычной морковки!! А звук...я обалдела!!)
This is so cool. I have to share this with my little brother that is a bass music man.
I never would of thought about being able to make things with vegetables! Sweet.
In ‘Marathi language’of Maharashtra in India there is proverb “ try to make a musical instrument 🎷 using a carrot and Incase you fail then just eat it” ! This proverb has come true with this beautiful attempt as seen in video 😀. Thanks dear 🙏 from India!
Pickleo, carrotnet, potarina, any kind of fluit really, love my foodwind instruments!
Genius....carrot clarinet can make beautiful music...
Never seen like this.Perfect.
I use tall dandelion stems for a simple 3 holed one. As a child I used a pumpkin vine. These come naturally pre-holed. Dandelions you squeeze the narrower end to make the reeds. But the carrot in this video sounds much better.
Smooth jazz for your soul
Guys this is nothing compared to what i can do with a carrot...
I can eat a carrot...
Amazing, i know, i know
+Ritu Gupta HOLY SHIT, BRAVO!
TheGlowingGamers Blown away by my brilliance lol
+Ritu Gupta Is that it? I can eat a carrot and make come out of my backside looking totally not like a carrot at all. Then I can use it as fertilizer. Hah!
Christian Gerhardt Oh i have many tricks up my sleeves. I can eat 2 carrots at a time
Keep up with that...
Wow that is awesome.....I can whistle kumbaya while eating a carrot.
Incredible creativity!
Once upon a time a clarinet was referred to as a licorice stick. Pollak's carrot is much cooler and, in its way, just as sweet.
In elementary school I played (attempted to learn how to play) the cornet...This guy make it look easy.
One of my musical heroes. Break the stereotypes, blow the world's collective minds!
This guy is Amazing. Hi Quality, Creativity and Performance.
The only Ted Talk I've ever seen and love.
I'm going to make sure that I make this. That's awesome.
Parents: Dont play with your food
Nobody
Linsey Pollak: Hold my carronet
CARRONET That is it's name. A new woodwind. I shall propose this concept to my wind ensemble, creating a new addition to the clarinet section.
Just watched you on ABC's Big Ideas Art - blown away! LOVE this! All the best to you :)
Very good. I appreciate this man's creativity.
What type of person would dislike this video? 411 people disliked it. That's amazing to me.
There is always sth. nice to see every new day..Great!
how awesome and clever is that??? wow!!! TEDx fantastic!!
Brilliant. Literally, a musical vegetable.
He's incredible...wow. very creative.
i play the clarinet and i never thought a carrot would be a clarinet , i love this video
Thanks for this Alyx
This is brilliant, never knew you could turn a carrot into a clarinet!
Sooooooooo.. that's a "carroinet". . . . . very cool!
Bravo - loved it Linsey
clever man playing with food .. amazing
I am going to try this. Good thing I have a saxophone for this.
I'll have to give it a try... pretty cool.
This is amazing and unbelievable! I'm so glad my friend Jared Mohler pointed me to this video.
I swear when I was a kid he appeared on children's tv or something. I have memories of watching someone make carrot clarinets.
Amazing
wonderful invention
Hey this was Fun and inspiring... Music creation from the basics ....make it your own Carrot Clarinet! Thank you Linsey!
Pretty darn cool!
que artista tan extraordinario ,muchas bendiciones ,
I can't resist saying once more "More Vitamin A than any other Clarinet....ah, not surprising for a Carronet"
Ted Talks: Mapping the human brain
Me: Wow! I learned quite a bit about human psychology
Ted Talks: hOW tO MAkE a CaRrOt cLArINEt
This Was SO COOL!!
I was always told not to play with my food as a kid. Who said you cant play with your food...love it .Thank you for uploading
Brillante! La creatividad permite hacer algo con cosas que (culturalmente) no están relacionadas. Por ejemplo hacer un clarinete con una zanahoria...
Amazing!
Love it!
Awesome!
I love to be surprised, that was amazing!!
this is amazing
Amazing & so entertaining!
Amazing.
Now, this is creativity. :) I also make mini saxes but only from bamboo. Beautiful presentation and playing, congratulations!
One should call this instrument a carronet.
When I was a young clarinetist and saxophonist, I also played a double-reed slide music stand. It's range was limited (a minor third), and it would have been easier to play for someone used to playing oboe or English horn, but it was a good ax and I wish I still had it.
What fun!
When his carrot clarinet sounds better than your actual clarinet..
FABULOUS!
Amazing! I'm going to try this!
Very clever, amazing
Love!
Great vid Linsey !
He is awesome!!!
Brilliant! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ And fun! 😁