As I looked around for something interesting to write about and share with all of you, I came across the blog for Glass Quarterly. they were mentioning an Australian group of musicians that use glass bowls and glasses and rods as their instruments. They are called The Glass Percussion Project and you should check out what they do. There’s a video on the blog.
It’s not the first time glass has been used to make music. You all remember and sometimes still see people playing crystal wine glasses by rubbing the edges to make them sing. Water is placed in each glass to varying degrees to achieve different notes. That’s been a method for making music for centuries. Then there’s the glass harmonica also known as a crystallophone invented by Ben Franklin. Check wikipedia if you think I’m kidding. He got his idea from watching the wine glass being played. Check out the glass harmonica made by Thomas Bloch. Pretty cool.
Thomas Bloch Glass Harmonica
Back to the Australians…check out their web site to see the glass that was blown from them and learn more about what they do.
