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            The kazoo is a wind instrument which adds a "buzzing" timbral quality to the player's voice when the player vocalizes into it. The kazoo is a type of mirliton, which is a membranphone (a device which modifies the sound of a persons voice by way of a vibrating membrane. The name "kazoo" was  given by Warren Herbert Frost to his invention in Patent #270,543 issued on January 9, 1883. In the text of the patent he refers to it as "This instrument or toy, to which I propose to give the name "kazoo' ". This first kazoo was not the "submarine shape" commonly known.

            Such instruments as the kazoo have been used in Arica for hundreds of years. They were used to disguise ones voice, imitate animals, and often different ceremonies. The classic submarine shaped kazoo, which was also the first metal kazoo, was patented by George D. Smith of buffalo NY, May 27, 1902. In 2010  a museum dedicated to the kazoo was opened in Beaufort, South Carolina. It was apply
named The Kazoo Museum. 

            The kazoo is played professionally in jug bands and comedy music. It is also used by amateurs everywhere. It is one of the few acoustic instruments to be developed in the United States, and one of the easiest melodic instruments to play well, requiring only the ability to vocalize in tune. Kazoos also appear in jazz bands, Dixie, bluegrass, blues, and your neighbor who plays it out in his backyard.

VIDEO:Enter Kazoo Man: Metallica Enter Sandman performed on KAZOO by ...Metallica's "Enter Sandman" performed by Mister Tim www.mistertimdotcom.com 

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