Truly amazing sounds can be made from glasses filled with water as these cool videos show!
At first I swore this guy had music playing in the background but now I know this is for real. He is making the sounds with just the glasses. The song is Christina Aguilera - Hurt
The word "glass harmonica" refers to any instrument played by rubbing glass or crystal goblets or bowls.
When Benjamin Franklin invented his mechanical version of the instrument, he called it the armonica, based on the Italian word "armonia", which means "harmony".
The instrument consisting of a set of wine glasses (usually tuned with water) is generally known in English as "musical glasses" or "glass harp".
It can also be referred to as a "ghost fiddle".
A fancy word hydrodaktulopsychicharmonica is also recorded, composed of Greek roots to mean something like "harmonica to produce music for the soul by fingers dipped in water" (hydro- for "water", daktul (daktyl) for "finger", psych- for "soul")
Here are some more cool videos of the 'ghost fiddle!:
For more information on glass harmonica music, check out these websites
How to make music from a glass
Information about the Glass Harmonica
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