An instrument needs two or more to play
What instrument requires two or more people to play it if such exists? I mean there is no way that one person can play it.
(6)6 Comments
Sorted by latest first Latest Oldest Best
The log xylophones used in Ugandan Baganda music, amadinda and akadinda, can require two, three, or four players to play. The standard music for these instruments relies on many hands moving together to produce intricate rhythms comprised of very high numbers of beats per minute.
Here's a video of an amadinda played by six people.
Ringing the changes?
Also: church organs before electric bellows became commonplace.
This article on metafilter.com lists a few:
The gamelan
Pump organs (old - now they have compressors)
Organistrum (very old)
Octobass (Though, as @Dave pointed out, some can be played with one player)
Courting dulcimer (per comments, while intended to be played by two, can be played solo)
Handbell choir
Tooka
Organs, before compressors.
Bells (the large kind)
Tooka See here
Some Drums/Percussion
I suppose the famous cannon
And pipes I guess ( Think Blue man group )
Other then some drums, and really old organs, I think instruments that require two or more players are more of a "performance art" situation and not very common.
Going way into the esoteric, there's a semi-instrument in the double contrabass saxophone .
I may be repeating someone else's link but for the insane: collaborative instrument
Here's a percussionist who invented their own instrument; the debut performance had two people playing it simultaneously:
www.limelightmagazine.com.au/features/matthias-schack-arnott-will-spin-you-right-round-baby
Terms of Use Privacy policy Contact About Cancellation policy © freshhoot.com2026 All Rights reserved.