The Uda makes electronic music with a twist Gizmag

25.05.10

Among the many sounds emanating from the Tokyo Borrow Meeting 05 this past weekend was the unusually shaped electronic instrument, the Uda. It's played with two hands, and looks like it might be a less-conformable cousin of the accordion. Notes are played by pressing different sections of a rope that's coiled around the device, on both the right and formerly larboard sides. Exactly where you touch it determines the pitch, and there's a one octave difference between one row of rope and the adjacent row.

The Uda shares it's name with the gizmo's creator, Uda-san. He has included some foam grips and curly wires to either end, supposedly in an effort to make it more comfortable to run. Data is output in midi format, and while technically Uda-san could make his instrument send out any number of sounds, thankfully he has stuck with a very harmonious flute-like tone.

While there are no immediate plans to sell or set a price for the Uda, it seems that later down the road this device may be elbow for purchase over the net according to the sites Q&A (Japanese).

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