What kind of Melodica should I get?

The kind with the curved top

or

the mouthpiece kind?

is the sound much differen't between the two?

  Glass Plate said:

The kind with the curved top

 

or

 

 

the mouthpiece kind?

 

 

 

is the sound much differen't between the two?

the mouthpiece kind is a lot harder to maintain and clean, i personally prefer the one with the long tube sticking out of it. This one is easier to have at hand level without having to lift your hands to your mouth. you can use it kind of like a key tar (which has a much cooler aesthetic) Both have to be cleaned regularly, but with the moutpiece kind if you get it really nasty it could become uncleanable. The tube kind if you ruin it beyond repair you can just get another tube.

u want to speak to dextro - who used to pop by here... he uses in most of his work and to frankly impressive effect.

will ask him to possibly give u his advice if yer after a melodica.

the guy in the band hood has the mouthpiece kind. it sounds nice. thats pretty much all i know about them.

definitely the tube. for reasons stated above.

yeah I was like "why did I even ask this?" after I posted the thread, and purchased the top one.

don't they come in different....eh....octaves(???) ie alto, tenor, etc....? which one did you get?

get the mouthpiece one coz it looks cooler and i used to play on one 'round my gran's.

fuck this shit doo it lata

get a flute insted you chump

flutes are a) hard and b) gay

c) I have a flute.

(it's my sisters).

I play oboe.

i wish i had a hurdy gurdy

Depends on how you want to use it. If you are using it live or with a band using a mic or whatever you should get the mouthpiece kind. You can stand up with them and play them like a flute or clarinet. If your are looking to record more and would like to see your fingers as you play i'd get the one with the hose pipe on it, generally the hose pipe ones sound better, and they are easier to play.