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Otamatone Japanese Electronic Musical Instrument Portable Music Synthesizer from Japan by Maywa Denki Studio Award Winning, Educational Fun Gift for Children, Teen & Adults - Strawberry
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Otamatone Japanese Electronic Musical Instrument Features
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LOVELY SWEETS EDITION – One of Japan's best-selling musical Instruments/Portable Synthesizer toys in three super cute sweet-inspired colors: Strawberry, Mint, and Chocolate!
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FUN & EASY TO PLAY – Start learning to play your favorite songs easily by sliding your fingers along the stem to create a melody and squeezing the cheeks for vibrato
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CREATE YOUR OWN SOUND - Play in a low, medium, or high pitch - get a band of friends together and create harmonies!
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GREAT FOR ALL AGES - Kids, teens, and adults all love the Otamatone! Whether you’re brand new to music or an expert musician, the Otamatone offers a fun, silly new way to make music! (Battery NOT Included)
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Powered By: 3 AAA batteries (Not Included)
About Otamatone Japanese Electronic Musical Instrument
The Otamatone is an electronic musical synthesizer. It was developed in Japan in 1998 by the CUBE toy company and the Maywa Denki design firm. The Otamatone is a singing toy whose body is shaped like an eighth note (it also somewhat resembles a tadpole, "otamajakushi" being Japanese for "tadpole"), with sound emerging from a "mouth" on the notehead. It requires two hands to play: while one hand holds and squeezes the "head", the other hand controls the pitch of the tune by placing the finger on a ribbon controller on the stem; a higher position on the stem creates a lower sound. The ribbon controller is deliberately delinearized to resemble a guitar, so there is a shorter distance between higher notes than between lower ones. Varying the pressure on the head (thereby opening and closing the "mouth" of the Otamatone) creates a wah-wah effect, and shaking the neck (and thereby slightly changing pressure on the head) creates a vibrato effect. Switches on the back of the head allow users to change octave, turn it off or on, or change the volume. The sound made by this toy can be compared to the sound of a theremin, synthesizer, or jinghu.
