Duduk Unboxing & First Time Playing | Mary Hamer | Vlog 007

Here's a link to the Duduk I ordered: https://amzn.to/3jpzP2U The Duduk is a wonderful Armenian instrument. It's the oldest double-reed instrument in the world... and it's not the easiest thing in the world. When practiced enough, it's one of the most expressive instruments out there (in MY opinion). I've been able to pick out a few melodies, now that I've had it for a couple more days, so I'll be putting another video up at some point when I have a song down! I'm learning the Narnian Lullaby, The Force Theme from Star Wars, and Hedwig's Theme from Harry Potter! Please don't use my experience as an indicator of the quality of this instrument, especially because I've been able to produce some beautiful sounds in the 3 days I've had it... just... not the first time. haha! I got this Duduk on Amazon. The brand is Simon, and it's in the key of A. It came with 3 Duduk reeds, as well as a Clarinet mouthpiece and reed (which I'm more used to... if you couldn't tell haha). There IS an issue with buying Duduks here in the USA, usually... from what I hear, a lot of times sellers will buy toy Duduks in Armenia, and sell them for 50-100 bucks in the US. To my untrained self, this does NOT seem like one of those. It seems pretty quality to me! Not professional quality and I'll probably need better reeds to really make it sound great, but it seems nice to me! The reeds are interesting!! If they are too open or too closed, they won't make a sound. I also found that one of the reeds sounds fantastic, but I think it's harder than the others, and thus, more difficult to play. The easiest to play is also the one that needs more hemp wrapped around it because right now it keeps coming loose in the Duduk and keeps wanting to fall out. And while it's easier to play, it doesn't sound as nice. Thank you to my husband, Trevor, for such an awesome birthday present!! LINK TO THE DUDUK: https://amzn.to/3jpzP2U As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. THANK YOU so much for subscribing, liking, and commenting!! It really means a lot to me Check out my channel for more vlogs and music (that's better than this) haha! Closed Captioned | cc ⭐ Follow me on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Q1IQ... ⭐ Find me on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/ma... ❤ ❤ ❤ Subscribe for more!! ❤ ❤ ❤ ~~Follow me~~ Facebook:   / maryhamermusic   Instagram:   / maryhamermusic   ==== Music at the end is: Tenebrous Brothers Carnival - Snake Lady Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... .