Among Bélaműhely’s more than twenty sound-making inventions, there are three, that are currently unique worldwide.
If you would like to try the Bicycle Drum, Ghetto Marimbula, Sound Burgers, Little Bubi, Hose Sax, Wooden Dog, Paper Dog, Dzsimiti, Techno-Tub, and many more, then the Instrument tresher is your place to be.
At the Instrument treshing, participants not only have the chance to experiment with our instruments but also to gain insight into their making and playing techniques. They may even become part of spontaneous concerts, collective improvisations, and Conductor Games.
Our relationship to sound and music is often burdened with fears and past failures. Defenses such as “I have no voice” or “I have no sense of rhythm” betray earlier unsuccessful attempts. Bélaműhely’s instruments—being unconventional sound-producing devices—can dissolve these negative patterns and anxieties. Instead of expensive, complex instruments such as pianos, guitars, saxophones, or drum kits, here we use bicycle wheels, pots, barrels, and pipes. Anyone can start creating sound: by virtue of their simplicity and unfinished quality, these instruments guide participants toward playful musical experience rather than technical perfection.
Modern psychology suggests that sounds can have a consciousness-altering effect. Thus, when we generate sound and make music, we actually create an inner and outer space whose conditions we determine ourselves—through the five elements of sound: volume, pitch, timbre, duration, and silence.
Sound-making becomes a medium to establish real, present-tense connections with our inner world, with each other, and with the world around us.
