@@BigKnechtwell technically no, it doesn’t have any physical medium that’s making vibrations, it just has a voltage controlled oscillator, form what I understand is just a circuit that oscillates and makes a sound and you can run different currents and filters through to make different shape sound waves. Really cool. I guess I mean it’s not acoustic, but they just said non-digital🤣🤣
I actually mostly play the jaw harp on my lips. I can easily play it on my teeth just sounds better on my lips. This one particular one my favourite not all of them I should note.
Dan moi harps are played between the lips and don't touch your teeth at all. They are also much lighter to strum/pluck. All the ones I have are also very sharp though and less sturdy than the kind you play on your teeth. It isn't really a problem for the most part. Just be careful with the inner part of that reed
@@gunnerjohnson6955 he was pretty quiet but he loved being around his grandkids. he was pretty cool. he tried to teach me how to play too but I just couldn't find the right leafto play with him😂😂
I am Chinese and never seen this instrument before. Not even in these Chinese TV drama set in Ancient China have shown this before, most they show is just the string instruments like Guqing. This Khou Xian really have an amazing sound that almost sounds "ahead of it time", almost like modern electronic music tunes.
@@bebbcorpharpery7331 wow! Just amazing man! ❤️ ❤️ You can practise that with Konnakol (just rhythm but with some carnatic words). You will get the desired results.
@@SuperNinjaMan55c418 had an agreement with Mojang that he would keep all the rights to his music for Minecraft. When Microsoft bought Mojang, they didn't like how they couldn't own c418's music, so they outright tried replaced him with Lena Raine (known for musical work on Celeste) and another guy
@@sleepynet13 All anglicized spellings of non-English words are arbitrary. There is no "correct" way. This goes for translating any word into any language where spelling is a thing too.
Techno is drawn from basic waveforms that were the easiest sounds to generate on primitive hardware. Some instruments just happen to also sound like that.
This thing is so ancient and mysterious that this guy probably just accidentally gave an entire rural Chinese village a prosperous growing season while giving another dysentery.
@@bebbcorpharpery7331 yea! I love carnatic music! You should also listen to Saraswati Veena, it's a very important component of carnatic music along with Mridangam and morsing. Also it's the national instrument of my country India! Sending much love from Kolkata, India! 🫂💓
He said "Je crois qu'ils (ou elles) sont attachées par un fil de métal ... PS: la mienne de 3 feuilles aussi, est attachés par un fil" Which means "I think they (or they) are attached to a metal wire... PS:mine of 3 sheets too, is tied by a thread"
Sorry but as a native speaker, I have to correct you ^_^ Xian is more like "sea-en". Sea like how you pronounce sea, the ocean. And "en" from "end". Pronounce them together swiftly as one sound, one syllable. Kou on the other hand is definitely not "Koo". It's like "co" in "co-worker". Kou (口) refers to mouth, and Xian (弦) refers to string or in this case, harp. There is a very very mild "sh" sound in the x, but the way the teeth, lips, and tongue work together to make the "sh" sound in "x" versus the English "she" is vastly different. It is more like the a small hissing sound made with the teeth in the normal position (meaning, don't place the edges of your teeth together as that makes a hard "s" sound). Note that each character is pronounced as one syllable.
@@bn9611 As a american-chinese speaker. Isn't string is chinese pronounced more like "sh-yien?" Or that a different type of word? Because then it'd be the "Koh Sh-yien" I'm not sure though because chinese is my second language
Bro I am so glad I was recommended these shorts. I love finding weird obscure instruments. Especially when they don’t cost a fortune. This short led me to a music store which led me to bird calls of all things, which made me realize how crazy some bird calls look. How tf did someone even think to make some of these things?!
That is SO cool! Are they connected like a fan or are you holding 3 little pieces? Ancient instruments are so interesting because you get to see how different peoples learned similar things about acoustic technology and just applied it a bit differently from each other
The dead stare into the camera as you play is a perfect representation of the look of utter internal despair as you stand in the breadlines during Chairman Mao’s Great Leap Forward. 10/10
so... imagine tuning those to make a triad of a chord. Given 3 other people or more different chords of the Khou Xian. You can seriously jam with those
We have something like it where I’m from but ours is strictly rhythmic( one tone) and called “mun-jiga” loosely translated as mouth jigg. It has a nice viking-y, folksy sound to it. I’m glad it has a big brother half across the world lol
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That is the most digital sounding non-digital instrument I've ever heard and I love it
Takes me back to a simpler time. Of old retro games.
Wait until you hear an analog synthesizer
@@BigKnechtnonono, those two words don't go together. You can't fool me.
@@BigKnechtwell technically no, it doesn’t have any physical medium that’s making vibrations, it just has a voltage controlled oscillator, form what I understand is just a circuit that oscillates and makes a sound and you can run different currents and filters through to make different shape sound waves. Really cool. I guess I mean it’s not acoustic, but they just said non-digital🤣🤣
You know, "digital" is still vibrating synthetics or metals, just like this.
"My emperor, what piece would you want for the evening?"
"Techno"
Proceeds to Shuffle dance across the whole palace while playing Rush-E abridged together with the concubines?
@@chano0-0rush e isnt techno
@@cunnieseverywhere everything can be made techno, if you try hard enough
@@chano0-0 thats called a remix
Techno+rice wine
It's a jaw harp that won't break your fuckin teeth
A normal one won't either if ya use it right lol
@@BIGxPAPAxRYANthis is true but when I was learning to use mine I hit myself so hard in the teeth I almost gave up on the instrument entirely
@@maxatrillionfatstacks me too that shit don't feel good and teaches you to do it right real quick though lol
I actually mostly play the jaw harp on my lips. I can easily play it on my teeth just sounds better on my lips. This one particular one my favourite not all of them I should note.
Dan moi harps are played between the lips and don't touch your teeth at all. They are also much lighter to strum/pluck. All the ones I have are also very sharp though and less sturdy than the kind you play on your teeth. It isn't really a problem for the most part. Just be careful with the inner part of that reed
Daft Punk been really silent since this banger dropped in 320BC
😂😂😂
So Def Jam heard bout it and so
I wany you to know this made me chuckle.😂
My grandpa would play this for me all the time when I was a kid!!
Must be euphoric bringing back old times
I is same like Indian instrument MOCHANG❤❤❤
Your grandpa must have been a cool guy
@@gunnerjohnson6955 he was pretty quiet but he loved being around his grandkids. he was pretty cool. he tried to teach me how to play too but I just couldn't find the right leafto play with him😂😂
W grandpa.
“Oh sure, I can perfectly tune those three gold leafs for you” - the inventor
* inventor proceeds to adjust your face for fine tuning*
@@SyberiusRexaye with a hammer lol
@@YahWinUWin
"15 cents?! Gotta pay this guy an arm and a leg!"
@@SyberiusRex "Suck on this and gargle the magic potion, it may take a few minutes. Trust me pretty young boy, it will work wonderfully."
Daft punk have been real quiet since this one dropped
They've been quiet for a while... RIP 💀
@@audiofox5104Good riddance, they barely wrote one good song.
blud has not listened to face to face @@hineni6406
Lol tell that to the millions of fans they had and continue having :b @@hineni6406
Reminds me of Tron
I am Chinese and never seen this instrument before. Not even in these Chinese TV drama set in Ancient China have shown this before, most they show is just the string instruments like Guqing.
This Khou Xian really have an amazing sound that almost sounds "ahead of it time", almost like modern electronic music tunes.
It’s probably Tibetan 😅
it's not@@GeneralBlorp
@@GeneralBlorpthere is no Tibet, there is no taiwan 😂
@@tysk5729there is also no war in ba sing se
Miao/Hmong people use that instrument.
There's one here in India. Similar to this. Called 'Morsing'. You can try that too.
I love my Morsing. th-cam.com/users/shortsjKfMiFglcgc?si=YscJaY77-_j37GS-
@@bebbcorpharpery7331 wow! Just amazing man! ❤️ ❤️ You can practise that with Konnakol (just rhythm but with some carnatic words). You will get the desired results.
Bhai ye india ki hi copy he chor saale
Ancient China techno raves must've been wild
This has got to be one of the best sounding harps there is, I got to get me one
The fire world/desert theme im mario 64. You know the one
You will get bored fast
@@WeHaveSomuchHeart If you aren't places already, you will be there.
Without the name I definitely would have thought this was an Australia thing.
This would definitely be an instrument that C418 would use in Minecraft songs.
Oh absolutely! I feel like what he played would go good on a music disc
Hate to break it to ya, but c418 doesn’t work for mojang any more. Something with microsoft and stuff idk
@@SuperNinjaMan55c418 had an agreement with Mojang that he would keep all the rights to his music for Minecraft. When Microsoft bought Mojang, they didn't like how they couldn't own c418's music, so they outright tried replaced him with Lena Raine (known for musical work on Celeste) and another guy
I can definitely see him using that instrument I’m not sure what the other things he pairs it with would be but I wanna see
Good callback.
This is Kou Xian “口弦” from the Yi ethnic group “彝族” people lived in Yunnan province in China.
Khou Xian
@@ceciliatran8483no it is kou xian
@@ceciliatran8483I just realized it means mouth strings
@@ceciliatran8483Do you also spell it Peking
@@sleepynet13 All anglicized spellings of non-English words are arbitrary. There is no "correct" way.
This goes for translating any word into any language where spelling is a thing too.
The Philippines also has a similar kind of instument. It's a native instrument made from bamboo called Kubing.
it's different tho it's made of bamboo and the sound is not close, many countries also have mouth harp
The Chinese name is 口弦, KǒuXián. 口 is mouth and 弦 is a stringed instrument
i love that mouth looks like a mouth
我是中国的.怎么没见过这种口琴？😢
@@睡不着-h7i 我不知道
It amazes me that techno draws from all these obscure and ancient instruments
Some things that are very new are also infinitely old. Time is a human construct.
@@bebbcorpharpery7331 man was born to beep and boop
Techno is drawn from basic waveforms that were the easiest sounds to generate on primitive hardware. Some instruments just happen to also sound like that.
@@davidy22 Or, since these instruments are older, techno happens to sound like them.
It amazes me that you wouldn't think rave isn't derivative of all that came b4 techno hippie.
Me putting my phone speaker into my mouth and playing with him
Was looking for this.
I just did this. Fun!
woahhh did this too
Daft Punk in the year 1324:
"Emotion" soundslike
@@pumpkin91ful Exactly, that’s the reason I wrote it. 😉
@Jamalmaple234MURIEL
The sound is just incredible !!
this would be really great for 8 bit lower bit games soundtracks. such a yummy sound
Look up Schala's theme on Chrono Trigger. Different octave, but definitely same key.
This thing is so ancient and mysterious that this guy probably just accidentally gave an entire rural Chinese village a prosperous growing season while giving another dysentery.
😂
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Bro I'm fucking wheezing 😂😂😂
Gold
Almost same instrument you can find in India named "Morching". It's a important component/instrument in South Indian music!
Minor correction….it is “morsing” and the artist usually plays alongside the Mridangam artist in carnatic music - South Indian classical music
Morsing would be the South Indian version while Morchang would be the version from Rajasthan, India.
@@bebbcorpharpery7331 ha…ok, I learnt something today, thank you for your video, i saw it for the first time up close and how it works….
@@issrini ma bad, ma bad, m'guy!
@@bebbcorpharpery7331 yea! I love carnatic music!
You should also listen to Saraswati Veena, it's a very important component of carnatic music along with Mridangam and morsing. Also it's the national instrument of my country India!
Sending much love from Kolkata, India! 🫂💓
Soo cool! Are they attached together or is that just the way you're holding them?
Je crois qu'ils (ou elles) sont attachées par un fil de métal ...
PS: la mienne de 3 feuilles aussi, est attachés par un fil
He said "Je crois qu'ils (ou elles) sont attachées par un fil de métal ...
PS: la mienne de 3 feuilles aussi, est attachés par un fil" Which means "I think they (or they) are attached to a metal wire... PS:mine of 3 sheets too, is tied by a thread"
@@WoahBrotherManno he didn’t
It's like a fan (the one that has like a nail on it you can fold)
@@felixguimb.harder2083replying in French to an English language comment on a English language has to be the most French thing ever.
You tore that shit up 10/10
Unbelievably charming, enthralling and energizing. Thank you for playing it and share it with us
We call Gogona. A cultural instrument often playing in bihu (assamese festival). Made of bamboo in Assam India
Makes sense , Ahoms themselves migrated from Yunnan or even further from today’s China before they entered the Brahmaputra valley and became rulers.
Why are Indians on every Chinese or pakistani post tryna steal credit 😂 it’s cringe af
Auto tune: "I'm the coolest thing to ever happen to music!"
Khou xian: "Lol 😂"
this is the coolest ever??? it sounds exactly like the bitcrushed instruments i love in my music
THAT'S HOW THOSE SOUNDS ARE MADE. That's so cool!
This is so satisfying to listen to. I want more.
Kou (co) xian (shee-an)
Mouth harp
Wow. Thats a fancy jaw harp you got there bro.
You're really good at playing with your mouth with things from all over the world. I love it! Keep it up!!!
Fucking weirdest sentence you’ll ever read without context
@@Dis777Easefor real though lmao
It’s not so hard. That’s why they invented it. Because it’s a easy way to make music
Pause.
It takes a lot of practice honey 😂
This was badass for like literally no reason 💯💯
The Talk Box, from Peter Frampton…. “Do you feel like we do”
That sounds like some hillbilly samurai swamp ninja moonshine jamboree
Holy shit, it's Delay Lama in real life!
LOVE IT!!! Adding to my list.
Did you get it? Bet you'd be good at it since you have to suck and blow.
Xian is pronounced more of a “shh” kinda sound rather than a hard J that you used.
Should be “Koo she in”
Sorry but as a native speaker, I have to correct you ^_^
Xian is more like "sea-en". Sea like how you pronounce sea, the ocean. And "en" from "end". Pronounce them together swiftly as one sound, one syllable.
Kou on the other hand is definitely not "Koo". It's like "co" in "co-worker".
Kou (口) refers to mouth, and Xian (弦) refers to string or in this case, harp.
There is a very very mild "sh" sound in the x, but the way the teeth, lips, and tongue work together to make the "sh" sound in "x" versus the English "she" is vastly different. It is more like the a small hissing sound made with the teeth in the normal position (meaning, don't place the edges of your teeth together as that makes a hard "s" sound).
Note that each character is pronounced as one syllable.
@@bn9611 As a american-chinese speaker. Isn't string is chinese pronounced more like "sh-yien?" Or that a different type of word? Because then it'd be the "Koh Sh-yien" I'm not sure though because chinese is my second language
@Phone_savor I'd say it is less “sh” and more “ss”. You can use google translate to check the pronunciation for Xian. It's accurate enough :)
I love that air instruments are very "private" in a way where you don't really wanna share them as you would percussion or string instruments lol😂
I think that's mostly a hygiene thing. Cos it's been near someone's mouth, had their spit on it and maybe still in it. Kinda gross, eh?
@therighttrousers343 kind of like a fork at a restaurant. Or a glass at a restaurant.
The triplet brothers of the Jaw Harp
In Sicily they have a very similar instrument! It's called "marranzano"
Marranzano rule
Dude pronounced Khou Xian as if it was French
😂 right, thats what I was also thinking " the Cou Jean"
Chinese or real Chinese aka northern, very similar to most african languages, even their accent is the same lol
@@hellohi1925France is not in Africa 😭
@@hellohi1925best american geographer
I'm from China and I have never heard of this musical instrument till now.
You are Amazing 🤩 brother... So many music instrument i never know before it...
Bro I am so glad I was recommended these shorts. I love finding weird obscure instruments. Especially when they don’t cost a fortune. This short led me to a music store which led me to bird calls of all things, which made me realize how crazy some bird calls look. How tf did someone even think to make some of these things?!
HAIKU
compact.
simple.
yet effective.
much respect.
Not sure you know what a haiku is there, bud 😹
muchísimas gracias y mucho éxito!! saludos desde Latinoamérica
This is the best sounding for me so far
Now Indians will start saying its their ancient instrument from Rajistan😂
We have a similar instrument in Assam(Northeast India) and it's called gogona.
That's really cool, and it looks like a leaf
Kilroy was here (see this is what I like new weird instruments from different cultures makes my day a little more interesting)
Прииикооольььноооо.😊НАПОМНЮ ХОРОШАЯ ПЕСНЯ ВСЕМ ЛЮБВИ ПОБОЛЬШЕ И ДОБРА 😊
There's a similar instrument called "Gogona" in Assam, northeast India.
It was so satisfying when he played all 3 at once
Ah that’s gotta be my next harp! They sound so damn good!!
🇺🇦♥️
In Indonesia there are also percis musical instruments such as karinding, made from bamboo, traditional Sundanese musical instruments
This is the second or third time I've came across one of your shorts, and its always good
I appreciate you making eye contact the whole time
Гарно звучить 🎉
amazing instrumnts!! wow!!
That music make me nostalgia 😢
I love finding these instruments on the internet. Every time I stumble upon one, I find myself fascinated and end up digging down a rabbit hole.
Mind blowing sound ❤I love it
Where are those Indians always yelling about this isnt from China but Ancient India 😂
Your Mouth is Bringing So Many People Joy
Fantastic! Great thanks!
Amazing how almost all cultures have a mouth harp in their folk music.
I loooove hearing ancient musical instruments!!!
this was playing on repeat in the background and I think I started fading in and out of consciousness.
Sounds amazing
Very interested piece of instrument.
The original harmonica! How lovely!
You use your mouth like the sound hole in a guitar, which I find really interesting and cool music is so freaking cool
Listener: wow😮
Who Play this :☠️
Tired of opening their mouth
My morning started with your video😊
Breathtaking
This is the instrument which makes you part of it.
That is SO cool! Are they connected like a fan or are you holding 3 little pieces? Ancient instruments are so interesting because you get to see how different peoples learned similar things about acoustic technology and just applied it a bit differently from each other
Connected like a fan
Me, who imagines if there was a dance played by this instrument 🤔😀
The dead stare into the camera as you play is a perfect representation of the look of utter internal despair as you stand in the breadlines during Chairman Mao’s Great Leap Forward. 10/10
Favorite instrument of Xi-vie Wonder of the Zhoul Dynasty.
I love the sound ❤
When you play alone, yet an entire orchestra can be heard ❤
That's why they built the way they are playing instruments like this for generations. Yeah. It's all adding up now. Love ya china
It's amazing what kind of music is made from the simplest of things
This is sweet✨
That is form where my old videogame sounds coming form. DAMN!
Sounds mystical
Would sound amazing in a sound bank. ❤
Minecraft should hire this guy it sounds ambient
so... imagine tuning those to make a triad of a chord. Given 3 other people or more different chords of the Khou Xian. You can seriously jam with those
In Indonesia, this type of musical instrument is called KARINDING
Finally an instrument I could play
We have something like it where I’m from but ours is strictly rhythmic( one tone) and called “mun-jiga” loosely translated as mouth jigg. It has a nice viking-y, folksy sound to it. I’m glad it has a big brother half across the world lol
You should check if different mouth shapes will adjust the pitch
That's miles cooler than a Jaw harp. 😎👏🏻
That's pretty cool. Looks affordable too
So this is what ancient techno sounded like 🤯