Musicians can make music and noise out of almost anything, but most still rely on traditional instruments for crafting songs, especially for the masses.
Istanbul-based musician Görkem Şen ditched the traditional instruments and created a new, multi-purpose instrument called the yabahar that sounds as strange as it looks.
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The instrument can be played in various ways because it has a vertical fretted neck with strings that connect to coiled springs that end at two drum-like membranes. The fretted, stringed neck can be played by plucking the strings or with a bow while the membranes and coils can be hit with a mallet like the head of a drum.
The result is a variety of strange and interesting sounds, fitting for any science fiction movie.
[H/T: Vice]