One Man Band

This article is about a musician who plays a number of instruments simultaneously. One Man Band may also refer to the short animated movie by Pixar, which can be found here.

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Pixar - Here

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A One-Man Band is a musician who plays a niumber of musical instruments simultaneously. Stereotypically, these include a number of wind instruments strapped around the neck, a large bass drum mounted on the musician's back, cymbals between the knees, a banjo, ukelele or guitar held in the hands, and a harmonica mounted on wire framing (known as a 'harmonica rack') just below the mouth.

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Musical instruments - Wind instruments - Bass drum - Cymbals - Banjo - Ukelele - Guitar - Harmonica

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:The one-man band exists, in all its uniqueness and independence, as a most elusive yet persistent musical tradition. As a category of musicianship it transcends cultural and geographic boundaries, spans stylistic limits, and defies conventional notions of technique and instrumentation. Defined simply as a single musician playing more than one instrument at the same time, it is an ensemble limited only by the mechanical capabilities and imaginative inventiveness of its creator, and despite its generally accepted status as an isolated novelty, it is a phenomenon with some identifiable historical continuity. 1

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However, a one man band may incorporate any instruments into their act, from chest-mounted midi drum pads and foot mounted drum triggers to tambourines or maracas.

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Midi - Tambourines - Maracas

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