Keromin: An Electronic Musical Instrument Shaped Like a Frog Puppet
At first glance, it looks like a cute little frog puppet, but if you open and close its mouth, it makes sounds!
Keromin
That’s because this is not actually a puppet or doll, it’s a professional musical instrument. It’s called Keromin. There’s a hole on the back for you to stick your hand in. That way you can open and close it’s mouth. If you open and close Keromin’s mouth while pressing the button on its arm, sounds come out of a speaker built in to its tummy. Close its mouth to make low notes. And, if you open the mouth, you’ll get really high notes. By controlling the mouth’s aperture, you can reproduce all the notes in the musical scale.
You can also change the singing mode. For instance, you can make the frog sing "la, la, la" or "croak, croak" or have it imitate the sound of a violin, a pipe organ, etc. There are 16 different modes you can program in all. This musical instrument has a very wide range; it covers almost two thirds of the scale of a normal piano. So, if you practice, you’ll be able to play fairly complex pieces.
Keromin is easy to play, but you can also use it to create more complex tunes if you like. Not only is it cute, it’ll also give you the same sense of satisfaction a professional instrument would. You can enjoy playing a solo concert or put a band together using several Keromin.
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