Udderbot

The udderbot is a DIY woodwind instrument co-invented and proposed by Jacob Barton in 2005. It's built out of a bottomless glass bottle and a rubber glove, filled with water. The player's manipulation of the water reservoir allows modulation of the volume (and shape) of the rigid resonating vessel ("bot"). A smooth change of hand position in combination with embochure facilitates a 4-octave continuous glissando range, (5+ octaves including altissimo registers)

Barton's current udderbot. (Why did my iPad make this image upside down?)

Media - live performances (12-EDO and various other tunings)

• Happy Birthday To You on udderbot, sped up - YouTube
• King Kong Theme [Udderbot Cheating Montage] - YouTube
• Set from 17th Annual Music for People with Thingamajigs - Soundcloud - music by Jacob Barton, Kyle Gann, and Ralph Lewis
• "Shift" by Ben Grosser, 12-EDO rendition for six udderbots, 01/2011
• Udderbot Recital in Urbana, IL 08/2010
• Around Hear Somerville: Udderbot Queen of the Night - YouTube
• (Udderbot @47:28) Udderbot Queen of the Night, PDQ and friends concert @ Rice University 10/31/2005 - YouTube
• White Christmas played on the Udderbot - YouTube
• "Hopock" on the Udderbot - YouTube

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