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- 0:00Speaker 1: The day we've all been waiting for. It is Uncommon
- 0:04Speaker 1: Instrument Awareness Day.
- 0:05Speaker 2: Another day, another something something day. Yes, indeed, Uncommon Instrument
- 0:10Speaker 2: Awareness Day. Do you play one? And can you play
- 0:14Speaker 2: it to us? That's what we want to hear this morning.
- 0:16Speaker 2: I guess one uncommon instrument was one that people of
- 0:21Speaker 2: our vintage Russ tried desperately to learn every afternoon at
- 0:25Speaker 2: about four point thirty Back in the day now, I
- 0:33Speaker 2: used to watch Skippy and then growing up in this body,
- 0:37Speaker 2: we were surrounded by eucalyptus trees.
- 0:40Speaker 1: I would duck out in the ad break, grab, grab
- 0:42Speaker 1: a leaf.
- 0:43Speaker 3: I thought I am going to master this leaf.
- 0:47Speaker 1: Never did. How did you go with the banjo? Though? Afterwards?
- 0:50Speaker 1: Did you go alright with that?
- 0:51Speaker 3: I think I'd have better luck with the banjo.
- 0:53Speaker 2: I think the most unusual instrument I've heard of is
- 0:57Speaker 2: the and you might heard of this, having traveled extensively
- 1:01Speaker 2: in the South Americas, the kihada deb burrow. It's a
- 1:07Speaker 2: traditional Properuvian instrument made from a dried out donkey jawbone,
- 1:13Speaker 2: and when you strike it, it rattles loose teeth.
- 1:16Speaker 3: Would you like to hear it?
- 1:17Speaker 1: I would love to hear it. I've never heard of it.
- 1:19Speaker 4: Here we go, you'll probably never hear a.
- 1:31Speaker 3: Leading a say and on the.
- 1:36Speaker 1: I can play the out of tune guitar.
- 1:43Speaker 2: That's about it for it, I guess.
- 1:48Speaker 3: Okay.
- 1:49Speaker 1: Now Fred is in Port Kennedy. He is he's one
- 1:52Speaker 1: of those celebrating uncommon instruments. Sorry, I did it again?
- 1:59Speaker 1: Can I get you some tarran h. Fred is celebrating
- 2:03Speaker 1: on common instrument A wednessday morning, Fred in Port Kennedy.
- 2:07Speaker 1: What do you play?
- 2:10Speaker 5: I do play the show far?
- 2:12Speaker 2: Oh far?
- 2:13Speaker 3: What? What? What is that?
- 2:16Speaker 6: All?
- 2:16Speaker 1: Right?
- 2:16Speaker 5: That's it's an instrument made of an African antelopes antler
- 2:21Speaker 5: or horn.
- 2:22Speaker 1: Called the koodoo right, yes, And they've used.
- 2:25Speaker 5: This in an ancient times in war and and and
- 2:29Speaker 5: and during wars where they where they basically indicate that
- 2:33Speaker 5: the door is the war is starting. Okay wow, And
- 2:39Speaker 5: yeah you've got a low low low sound and high
- 2:42Speaker 5: sound obviously, but I don't have my sow far with me,
- 2:44Speaker 5: so for you.
- 2:46Speaker 1: So we're not going to war this morning, then that's
- 2:49Speaker 1: that's good.
- 2:50Speaker 5: You not.
- 2:51Speaker 3: Just as well not to play it? Really, it sounds
- 2:53Speaker 3: like it might tempt you, know the.
- 2:55Speaker 1: Do you play it? In time? To your indicators that
- 3:00Speaker 1: your little is that your little beat? You know? All right?
- 3:07Speaker 3: That's Fred.
- 3:08Speaker 1: That is definitely a very unusual instrument.
- 3:11Speaker 3: Yeah, so you wouldn't have been at all surprised by
- 3:13Speaker 3: the dried donkey.
- 3:16Speaker 1: You would have gone, thank you very much, Fred, and
- 3:22Speaker 1: happy Uncommon Instrument Awareness Day.
- 3:25Speaker 3: Well, that's exactly what we're after. Yes, that kind of thing.
- 3:28Speaker 1: Paul is in Joodle up, Paul, what do you play
- 3:31Speaker 1: that is somewhat unusual?
- 3:33Speaker 6: I've actually been running around trying to find one. Yeah,
- 3:38Speaker 6: they truss the living, It's none around anymore. I'll play
- 3:42Speaker 6: a Corona study. I can do the final countdown by Europe.
- 3:48Speaker 1: Well will of Melbourne bitter Stubby Doo instead of a
- 3:52Speaker 1: similar sound.
- 3:53Speaker 6: I don't know. I've never tried it. I only drink
- 3:56Speaker 6: Corona so but it started off to annoy is someone
- 4:00Speaker 6: that hates that song? But I just ended up doing
- 4:03Speaker 6: it all the time and got good at it. But
- 4:05Speaker 6: I have never heard it when I am not having
- 4:07Speaker 6: had a few obviously, so it might not be that great.
- 4:10Speaker 1: But how how much of the song can you do?
- 4:14Speaker 1: Do you do the short edit or the full album version?
- 4:17Speaker 6: On the Dolby The Dolby re digitally remark like that,
- 4:23Speaker 6: I give them the ten cents.
- 4:24Speaker 2: With I would love to see you do that on Australia.
- 4:28Speaker 3: It's got talent.
- 4:30Speaker 6: I would too.
- 4:31Speaker 2: Absolutely, let's let's say if that show goes back on,
- 4:35Speaker 2: let's let's work to that.
- 4:36Speaker 3: Paul.
- 4:36Speaker 1: We're nominating you to go.
- 4:38Speaker 6: But yeah, I can't believe.
- 4:40Speaker 1: That I don't find a bottle this morning. I'm very disappointed.
- 4:44Speaker 6: No, what I happened was yeah it is, yeah, but
- 4:50Speaker 6: the person's already done. The area I'm in empty the
- 4:53Speaker 6: recycal so I went to a different area and all
- 4:56Speaker 6: the people that take the ten cent refundables out because
- 4:59Speaker 6: of the cost of none in there.
- 5:05Speaker 1: It's a very, very valuable, much sought after musical instrument.
- 5:08Speaker 1: Thank you, Paul. Shame we couldn't have heard it.
- 5:13Speaker 2: It is a shame. I'm assuming it's an empty corona stubby.
- 5:19Speaker 1: Yeah, well, I guess you could get a different note,
- 5:22Speaker 1: but just depending on like you take a couple of SIPs,
- 5:24Speaker 1: play a few notes.
- 5:25Speaker 2: Christ and Henley Brook, I believe you play an uncommon instrument.
- 5:30Speaker 1: What is it? It's an Irish boron, okay bores, It's
- 5:37Speaker 1: a circular drum.
- 5:39Speaker 3: It's actually by the spelling.
- 5:42Speaker 1: You would think it's called a bodron, not.
- 5:44Speaker 6: Current, but it pronounced born.
- 5:48Speaker 2: I like to keep silent in yeah, lik or whatever.
- 5:53Speaker 3: It's made from a god's skin, isn't it.
- 5:55Speaker 6: That's correct, Chris?
- 5:57Speaker 1: Can you can you name any famous born players? Who
- 6:01Speaker 1: would I? Who would I know of?
- 6:04Speaker 3: Well?
- 6:04Speaker 6: Actually the Irish group The Cause there to play it
- 6:10Speaker 6: on stage.
- 6:11Speaker 2: Yeah, probably three out of four of Enya's siblings in
- 6:15Speaker 2: play it in clot probably play the burrom absolutely and.
- 6:21Speaker 1: And Chris, and I'm surprised you too haven't had a
- 6:24Speaker 1: crack out yet. Maybe they have on a hidden album
- 6:26Speaker 1: track somewhere.
- 6:27Speaker 2: That's what he's looking for when he says, I still
- 6:29Speaker 2: haven't found my what I'm looking for, Chris, you're without
- 6:34Speaker 2: yours today, I believe, sadly.
- 6:36Speaker 1: I am.
- 6:38Speaker 3: Delivery. Got a little bit of what it sounds.
- 6:42Speaker 1: Let's have it. Let's have a listen, shall we?
- 6:44Speaker 5: Yeah?
- 6:52Speaker 3: Okay, And it goes very well when you've when you've
- 6:57Speaker 3: had a point a guinness.
- 6:58Speaker 2: It doesn't doesn't the triangle well with a party in us.
- 7:03Speaker 1: The rhythm's a little out, but yeah, we get what
- 7:05Speaker 1: you're saying. Chris, Thank you, thank you, thank you, for
- 7:10Speaker 1: bringing us about the knowledge of the Boren. Yes to
- 7:14Speaker 1: our attention