boomwhackers

Fun: A few years back, I bought some “boomwhackers.” It’s pretty simple – boomwhackers are just tubes of different lengths, you whack ’em, and they make notes. Since they are tuned to the C major scale, you can easily make music. It’s a very silly and very musical toy. Here’s some of my favorite boomwhacker youtube clips:

Ninjas doing a boomwhacker Christmas.

Axel F – the theme from Beverly Hills Cop. Satisfying.

Shine.

Led Zepplin?

Spencer Dorn, of Cal State Long Beach, wrote “Cylindrophoncities,” a piece for boomwhacker quintet. Very nice.