Musical Instruments You Can Play Without Taking Lessons! are simple or improvised instruments that Homer learned about while sitting in with the Spuckler Family Band. Homer includes a brief description of each instrument seen in the picture of the band.
Instruments[edit]
| Label
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Musician
|
Instrument
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Description
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| 1
|
Dubya
|
Comb wrapped in wax paper
|
Makes simple humming sound like a symphony coming out of a busted speaker!
|
| 2
|
Crystal Meth
|
Didgeridoo
|
Funny name. Creepy sound.
|
| 3
|
Incest
|
Jug
|
Some are for showin'! This one's for blowin'!
|
| 4
|
Sideshow Mel
(Guest Soloist)
|
Slide whistle
|
Also known as a "piston flute", the slide whistle is great for when you want to add a Pee-Wee Herman quality to your musical arrangement.
|
| 5
|
Brandine
(World's Greatest Ham Bone Artist)
|
Hambone
|
Mmm... ham bone.
|
| 6
|
Mary
|
Saw
|
Drag the bow over the bent saw and it sounds just like angels singing ... if angels took LSD.
|
| 7
|
Whitney
|
Jew's harp
|
For that extra twangy Leonard Cohen sound!
|
| 8
|
Cletus
|
Washboard
|
Board has ridges. Drag a stick over the ridges. Drag it up, drag it down, board makes noise. Easy!
|
| 9
|
Heather
|
Rainstick
|
Turn it one way, then the other, like an hourglass. The problem with this one is the sound makes me have to pee.
|
| 10
|
Dylan
|
Beat Box
|
There's a microphone, so I think this is more like singing than playing an instrument. I still don't know where this kid hides the box.
|
| 11
|
Q-Bert
|
Maracas
|
Cletus says he only uses these when his dried gourds are in the pawn shop. If you can make a cocktail, you can play these.
|
| 12
|
Gummy Sue
|
Drum machine
|
The easiest instrument of them all! Just push the on button!
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| 13
|
Homer Simpson
(Guest Soloist)
|
Armpit tuba
|
Some may say I'm just making fart sounds, and they may be right. But at least they're coming from my armpit. It could be worse.
|
| 14
|
Birthday, Jitney, Taylor, and Cody
(The Fabulous Skunk Holler Horn Section)
|
Kazoos
|
The little one cries when you tell him kazoos aren't horns.
|
| 15
|
International Harvester
|
New Year's Eve Noisemakers
|
These add a drunky, horny, regretful, yet hopeful sound to any song!
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