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@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years ago

If humans had 4 arms, we'd probably have some pretty wild musical instruments

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If humans had 4 arms, we'd probably have some pretty wild musical instruments

@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years ago
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  • @[email protected]
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    You’re saying we don’t already?

    Hit it Joe!

    • @[email protected]
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      https://youtu.be/rUOlnvGpcbs

      • @[email protected]B
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        8•2 years ago

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        • @[email protected]
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          Good bot

  • @[email protected]
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    If I had 4 arms id eat a sammich and drink some chocolate milk while i fap.

    • @[email protected]
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      Take the upvote. For some reason you taking over his ideia this way made me laugh uncontrollably.

    • @[email protected]
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      which task takes 2 hands?

      • @[email protected]
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        I left a hand free for the stations of the cross because im a sinner.

      • rockerface 🇺🇦
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      • @[email protected]
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        Depends if you’re a double fister or like to give yourself a little backdoor action

      • @[email protected]
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        You already know

  • @[email protected]
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    Like the Antagonistic Undecagonstring?

    • @[email protected]
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      I clicked hoping to see a Hydrogen Sonata reference and was not disappointed.

  • @[email protected]
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    Meanwhile, I can’t find the brainpower to play an instrument and form words at the same time. I pretty much end up drooling on myself.

  • @[email protected]
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    Imagine a one-man band, except he’s two bands.

    • 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈
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      IMO: currently the best one man band is Shakey Graves… check his video.

      https://youtu.be/sD72LbIk02M

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      • riot
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        I think Shakey Graves is good, but I think Steel Beans encompasses one-man band even better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=louAX5OPPtI

        His original stuff is cool too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFJJ-aYsGl4

        • 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈
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          I’ll take a look when i get home. Ty.

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          Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=louAX5OPPtI

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  • @[email protected]
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    https://wanamakerorgan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Console-composite-768x458.jpg

  • @[email protected]
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    9•2 years ago

    Can you imagine, that guy from Mortal Combat would have 8 arms!

  • @[email protected]
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    We’d also be forewarned.

  • @[email protected]
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    Yeah, with electronic help, like a looping device or just recording different tracks one after another, you can obviously do amazing things, but you end up lacking a lot of flexibility to quickly improvise or adjust yourself to what’s happening in the other voices.

    Having said that, in an orchestra, you don’t really want most of the instruments to go wild, so simple instruments would still be a thing. Even today, there’s lots of instruments where one hand just holds the instrument.
    I guess, with 4 arms, you could attempt to play two violins at the same time, though.

  • @[email protected]
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    We may not have 4 arms but we do have whatever this is https://youtu.be/ywrK1yTYRIA

  • ChaoticNeutralCzech
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    16•2 years ago

    Have you seen an organ? It’s basically several keyboards stacked on top of each other, including a single-octave one for your feet.

    • @[email protected]
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      Now imagine that, but stack a set of drums on top. Maybe even add 2 additional legs while we’re at it!

  • @[email protected]
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    Or we could just keep playing the piano

  • BrooklynMan
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    the skin flute would be even more popular!

  • SokathHisEyesOpen
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    If humans had 4 arms we’d need 8 pants pockets! We’re going to need bigger butts along with the arms to accommodate all of those pockets.

    • @[email protected]
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      We’re working on the butt part already.

    • at_an_angle
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      If be willing bet that if we did have four arms, women still wouldn’t have dress pockets.

  • Bleeping Lobster
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    2•2 years ago

    To take it further, if humans had 4 arms, our heads would be a different shape, because we’d need more brain to control them. AFAIK that would mean a bigger back of head (cerebellum) and a bigger forehead (frontal lobe).

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