Music: Bach Toccata and Fugue on the Glass Harp
And now, for something completely different, the glass harp!
When I was a wee lad, I was always entranced when at the end of a glass of wine, my father would dip his finger in the dregs and then slowly rub the rim of the glass to produce the resonant tone of the glass.
5 year old me was engrossed in that. The note and tone was a fundamental property of the geometry of the glass, and the thickness (thinness) of its walls.
Later in life, when I was old enough to drink wine, I learned that thick glasses of poor quality wouldn't give any tone. That the ones with a rounded rim (like most in restaurants) wouldn't work either.
Still, it is a good party trick.
Now, imagine that party trick, with a series of glasses of different dimensions, tuned to musical notes, and two people expertly rubbing the rims.
And imagine that they are playing one of the most recognizable pieces of music.
No need to imagine, here is the Glass Duo playing Toccata and Fugue on the glass harp.
Wasn't that wonderful?
