Glock-Guitar

Glock-Guitar is a percussion instrument belonging to the idiophone family of instruments. The glock-guitar is composed of a large, flat wooden board with a smaller handle known as the "akkordboard". The akkordboard usually has four round peg holes for attaching 3-chime chord block sets, often making a four-note partial scale of A-minor, E, D-minor, and D. The glock-guitar can be played with several different-sized mallets or with the hand like a guitar, hence the instrument's name. The instrument is related to the glockenspiel.

Misconception

Contrary to popular beliefs, the glock guitar is not a guitar made from spare glock 17/23 parts, nor a regular guitar that has been shot by a glock pistol.

External links

* [http://www.boehmemusic.com/de/klingende-staebe/glockengitarre.html Boehme Music glock-guitar page]
* [http://www.auris.se/info/tensongsfortheglockguitarr.pdf Ten songs for the glock-guitar (pdf)]