This Otamatone is supposed to be an ‘entertaining’ musical instrument from Japan, but judging from the videos it’s really nothing more than an excuse for people to produce tone-deaf music without the…ah…music bit. £24.99 buys you some wall banging from the upset neighbours.
To create a wah-wah-ish vibrato simply squeeze Otamatone’s rubbery head and watch in incredulity as its mouth opens and closes and the notes begin to quiver. The whole hatstand process is a bit like playing a windless Martian bagpipe. In fact it makes rival nutjob instruments seem positively normal.
