A Glissando Saxophone?!

Join Jim as he checks out the Glissonic Glissotar. Fusing elements of the Hungarian tárogáto and the soprano saxophone the Glissotar introduces a unique system for producing glissando throughout its range.

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⏰Timestamps ⏰

0:00 Intro
2:00 The Design
4:39 Playing the Glissotar
8:38 The History
10:20 Sound Effects
11:20 Who is the Glissotar For?

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[jamesaron]

This instrument will be a hit in India one day.

[RobinPalmerTV]

I love that there’s a “real instrument” that sounds a bit like a synth lead now.

[DynamixWarePro]

I saw a video once of a slide soprano saxophone with two octave keys from the 1920s which had a leather strap with holes in the strap where the notes are and a long hole similar to that Glissando and you play it the same way. The twanging sound had me taken aback a bit. Love the effects you can get from that instrument.

[joshualord]

Need to see king gizzard (and the lizard wizard) use the Glissotar

[witext]

It’s so cool to see a new instrument that feels genuine & unique. Like it doesn’t feel like it was created just for the sake of creating it, there is like an actual use for it

[ronhowe]

It's a theramin for wind players! Fantastic and inovative.

[Bearlock]

Trombone players: “see what they need just to match a fraction of our power”

[agorgedslug]

I imagine a string player would have an advantage in intonation.

[kgamaseg]

It's like the fretless bass version of a soprano saxophone. This will be great for film scores!

[alexstucky]

That is such a clever idea. I dig it! I have a feeling a string player could pick that up surprisingly well.

[tonytramonti]

Amazing, not only does it sound like a snake charmers dream come true, you also have the added benefit of using the belt to hold your trousers up if they fall down on stage.

[microtonalguitar]

Amazing design! I would love to see how Turkish makam music will be played on it. Congrats!

[Frownlandia]

I remember hearing about this through Bart Hopkin, who independently invented the design, but he's more about building wind instruments out of common materials like pvc and balloons, more of a DIY approach. Nobody was litigious because they recognized they were doing different things with the concept.

[yannsalmon]

One unexpected advantage is that it can be played by left or right handed performers all the same.

[cloudandangel]

Bravo, Daniel Vaczi! Beautiful Instrument! So proud of you! :) Mate Palhegyi

[DPSAX]

I want to see a classical saxophonist play it and see how that beautiful pure sound of it is!

[chrisperyagh]

It needs a semi automatic 8ve mechanism (like most oboes have) so you can hold the lower touch down and nudge the upper one so the lower vent will close automatically when the upper vent opens as you can't have both 8ve vents open at the same time.

[estd]

I have played trombone for 40 years. My in-laws found an Albert system clarinet in the attic of a house they purchased and I tried to learn to play it. I liked making the clarinet sound but was not really interested in spending the time to learn fingerings. I think given my history this would be a great instrument to own.

[Bob]

When you move your hands up and down the instrument, you also have to change the distance between the fingers if the intention is to continue playing in chromatic steps.

[FranckWolf]

Very impressive! A new reed instrument! And this woody sound, this innovative "mechanism", these new sounds... I can't wait to hear how far musicians and composers will go to explore this new instrument! ❤️🎶🎵🎷