(upbeat music)
- And we're back.
- Mythical Beasts, when I say the word instrument,
what jumps into your head?
- Saxophone?
- Tambourine?
- Didgeridoo.
- Well those are the three most obvious choices.
But perhaps it's time we expand that list,
because today we ask: is this an instrument?
- I'm pretty excited about this,
because the world is our oyster
and there's lots of--
- But an oyster is not an instrument.
- What better soundtrack to being in an oyster,
or being an oyster.
I don't even know how the oyster thing works.
Let's just forget about that.
Here's what's gonna happen.
We're gonna be given something
that's typically not thought of as a musical instrument.
We do not know what it is.
And then we're going to,
through a series of--
- Rigorous tests.
- Rigorous tests. - Very rigorous.
- We're gonna determine if it is an instrument
for your musical benefit.
- Okay, so let's close our eyes
and Chase is going to place the instrument in our hands.
- We don't know if it's an instrument,
but it is in our hands.
So our eyes are closed, we're gonna open 'em.
Warning, we're about to open our eyes.
Stand back.
- Three--
- [Both] Two, one.
- It's a little nose hair trimmer or ear hair trimmer.
- Oh, nose hair trimmer, okay.
So this is great, because I lost the key piece
to my nose hair trimmer at home
and I've really built 'em up,
they're really starting to forest-ate.
- Well, you can take care of that as part of this process.
Now the first thing I think we should probably do,
is just see if it makes a note of anything.
- Well it makes a noise.
- Is it a singable note,
are they making the same note?
Are they calibrated exactly the same?
- Yep.
(humming)
It does get the head resonance.
- I like it, I like it.
- Gosh, it's--
- You don't like it?
- It tickles so bad, this is not like mine.
- I actually do this sometimes with things that,
like vibrating things that I put around my head.
(audience laughing)
I like, I'm sorry that came out wrong.
I like to assume the note.
Why is it so hard for you? - It's making me cough.
Look at my eyes, it's watering.
(humming)
- Hit a harmony note.
(humming in harmony)
It kinda has a slight didgeridoo-ishness to it,
never use that as an adjective.
- Next we need to determine
what type of instrument this would be,
is it a brass, is it a string,
there's no strings.
- This is not brass.
- Woodwind? Is it keyboard, percussion?
- It's not a keyboard.
- It's definitely an electronic instrument,
it's like an electronic keyboard
is what I was trying to say.
- I disengaged it.
But it's percussive though, isn't it?
Is a didgeridoo a percussion instrument?
- No, a didgeridoo is a horn-ish thing,
like a rain stick for your mouth.
It's a woodwind.
- Let's test--
- We're undermining our ability
to determine if this is an instrument
by not knowing what a didgeridoo is.
- It just sounds didgeridoo-ish.
Let's test this with an actual song.
We don't know what's gonna happen,
but let's play the first song and see what happens.
(lively music)
- Very outback-ish.
(whirring and lively music)
- It kinda has a nice rhythm to it.
(Link singing)
- Alright, cut it,
but let's try a different genre.
- You had to supplement it with your voice,
that's not a good sign.
You felt the need to go (singing).
- You can play guitar and sing.
Alright, gimme another genre.
(electronic dance music)
- Some EDM.
It really works with this.
(whirring and electronic dance music)
- It's an added level of difficulty.
You're like missin' your nose--
- I feel like I'm gonna stab my brain.
That one actually did work,
but the ultimate test for any potential instrument
is the greatest sing-a-long song of all time,
Camptown Races, hit it!
("Camptown Races" by Stephen Foster)
♪ Camptown ladies sing this song ♪
♪ Doo-Da, doo-da, ♪
♪ Camptown racetrack's five miles long, ♪
♪ Oh, de doo-da day. ♪
♪ I come down here with my hat caved in, ♪
♪ Doo-Da, doo-day, ♪
♪ I go back home with a pocket full of tin, ♪
♪ Oh, de doo-da day. ♪
♪ Gwine to run all night, ♪
♪ Gwine to run all day, ♪
♪ I bet my money on a bob-tailed nag, ♪
♪ Somebody bet on the bay. ♪
- Oh my goodness, the instrument broke in my nose,
is it in there?
Is it up in there?
- No, it's there.
Are you okay?
- Do you care? - No.
(laughing)
- Well, here's the question,
is it an instrument?
I am okay.
- I think it worked kinda okay with the EDM,
but I don't, it is an instrument in that
it's just like an instrument to use on nose hairs.
But is it a musical instrument?
- It's not a musical instrument, guys.
- I don't think a nose hair trimmer--
- I'm sorry.
- Is a musical instrument, this is a fail.
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