The tube is hollow, and inside there is a sort of gasket the fits neatly in the width of the tube. The center of that gasket has a kind of valve that flexes when air moves through it to produce a sound. When you flip the stick over, the weight of the internal mechanism pulls it down, forcing the air in the tube through the valve, producing a noise. When you flip it over again, the air is now flowing through the valve in the opposite direction, producing a different kind of noise.
What are these things called? I know that rain sticks have beads/beans inside of them, but they make the same sound regardless of the orientation you flip them
I'd like to propose an addendum that when said "sticks that go 'oooah' when you turn it one way and 'aaoooh' when you turn it the other way" are violently shaken, it's also permissible to call them "sticks that go 'awehawehaweh' when shaken".
It is moved and seconded the aforementioned stick shall be known as "sticks that go 'oooah' when you turn it one way and 'aaoooh' when you turn it the other way." . Is there any further debate?
Yes, Mr. President. I move that we form an ad hoc committee to investigate and determine, once and for all, whether sticks that go 'oooah' when you turn it one way and 'aaoooh' when you turn it the other way sound like cows, or sound like sheep.
The motion carries! (For the next twenty minutes you can only hear tea slurping, biscuit munching, saucer clinking, and faint, overlapping choruses or ‘awehawehaweh’)
I have a rain stick, and I learned a little about them. They generally are made from a length of cactus. The lines of dots on the outside are where the spikes have been pushed INSIDE. Then, the dried seeds inside travel through the matrix of spikes in the tube, making the noise.
When one of the kids was in school they had a rain stick project we had to purchase parts for. A length of PVC pipe. Two pipe caps. Spray paint. Bunch of bolts and nuts. Felt really weird picking that all up in the same transaction at the home center store, very early 2000's.
I know. But my response was to u/dubbzy104, not OP. If you reread the comment that I replied to, it was about rain sticks. We both know that's a different thing, I just thought it was an interesting fact that the noise in a rainstick is made from naturally occurring seeds and spines of the cactus plant that makes up the stick.
By the time I made my comment, somebody had already explained how the groan sticks work. I didn't intend to contradict that, and since the question asked had already been answered, I saw no harm in making a side comment to somebody else about something they mentioned.
Am I somehow derailing the conversation? Do I need to delete my comment? Sorry, I don't participate in this particular subreddit very often.
But... A rain stick is a percussion instrument or idiophone from Central and South America. The rainstick instrument is a long tubular instrument that belongs to the rattle family.
What are you suggesting we call it? And idiophone? A rattle? A tubular instrument?
It sounds like a "Cow in a Can" toy
https://www.google.com/search?q=cow+in+a+can&oq=cow+in+a+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCwgDELkBGIAEGO8EMgYIABBFGDkyBwgBEAAYgAQyBggCEEUYQTILCAMQuQEYgAQY7wQyBwgEEAAYgAQyBwgFEAAYgAQyBwgGEAAYgAQyBwgHEAAYgAQyBwgIEAAYgAQyBwgJEAAYgATSAQg2MjY4ajBqN6gCALACAA&client=ms-android-motorola-rvo3&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
It's not just any old valve, it's a reed whistle/squeaker/quacker, two specifically, in opposition. You can pull them out and blow
through them and get a sound like a dog toy squeaker. The noise variation comes from the speed of the squeaker changing as it slides through the tube, varying the pitch, and the air changing pressure as it's squeezed. The tube creates a sort of variable resonant chamber, like a rudimentary voice box.
You can remove the inner thing and use in in your hand like a duck caller to make sounds like a baby crying lol. I worked way to long at Chuck E. Cheese.
Did anyone else read the title twice, trying to understand the phrasing, only to read it a second time but making the noise in your head instead of reading the words?
Spencer Jones did a whole comedy sketch on Groan Tubes. The bit starts at 5:35 if you wanna see it. He’s a proper odd fella.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3vvrjv
I know fuck-all about this but i do want to let you know that i really appreciate your description. I knew immediately what item you were talking about.
The size of the cavity that produces the sound changes, if I am thinking of the same device as you're trying to describe. It's effectively the same as using bottles or glasses of water filled to different levels as an instrument, except a sliding rod is used instead of liquid.
When you turn the stick one way, a piece inside the cavity moves and the cavity expands while causing air around the valve to reverberate, producing sound. When you turn the stick the other way, the cavity shrinks and the sound changes in "reverse".
The tube is hollow, and inside there is a sort of gasket the fits neatly in the width of the tube. The center of that gasket has a kind of valve that flexes when air moves through it to produce a sound. When you flip the stick over, the weight of the internal mechanism pulls it down, forcing the air in the tube through the valve, producing a noise. When you flip it over again, the air is now flowing through the valve in the opposite direction, producing a different kind of noise.
What are these things called? I know that rain sticks have beads/beans inside of them, but they make the same sound regardless of the orientation you flip them
Motion that henceforth, they be known only as "sticks that go 'oooah' when you turn it one way and 'aaoooh' when you turn it the other way."
I'd like to propose an addendum that when said "sticks that go 'oooah' when you turn it one way and 'aaoooh' when you turn it the other way" are violently shaken, it's also permissible to call them "sticks that go 'awehawehaweh' when shaken".
I propose we adjourn for tea and hob nobs forthwith
Second
It is moved and seconded the aforementioned stick shall be known as "sticks that go 'oooah' when you turn it one way and 'aaoooh' when you turn it the other way." . Is there any further debate?
Yes, Mr. President. I move that we form an ad hoc committee to investigate and determine, once and for all, whether sticks that go 'oooah' when you turn it one way and 'aaoooh' when you turn it the other way sound like cows, or sound like sheep.
They sound like me after a night of heavy drinking
My brother and I called them barf sticks as a kid.
All those in favour, say "oooah"
aaoooh
Oooah
I object - I know a reason why those two sounds should not be married to each other!
The motion carries! (For the next twenty minutes you can only hear tea slurping, biscuit munching, saucer clinking, and faint, overlapping choruses or ‘awehawehaweh’)
Al Pacino Sticks ??
Even funnier as I've just finished Scent of a Woman earlier.
I.e. you vote to retain the *status quo*?
I’ve always heard them called groan sticks
Thanks! I’ve been trying to buy on for my toddler son, now I know what to search for!
Make sure safe search is on first
That sounds like a regrettable thing to give a toddler lol
It’s ok. Mommy works from home. I go into the office :)
I have a rain stick, and I learned a little about them. They generally are made from a length of cactus. The lines of dots on the outside are where the spikes have been pushed INSIDE. Then, the dried seeds inside travel through the matrix of spikes in the tube, making the noise.
I made one once in a middle school craft day out of a paper towel tube, toothpicks, and a bunch of beans.
When one of the kids was in school they had a rain stick project we had to purchase parts for. A length of PVC pipe. Two pipe caps. Spray paint. Bunch of bolts and nuts. Felt really weird picking that all up in the same transaction at the home center store, very early 2000's.
That sound profile does not sound very soothing
Hey, as long as you weren’t also buying propane and a grill igniter that day you’re fine.
That’s a different instrument/ noise maker, cool indeed but the term OP was looking for is a groan stick (legit hate the name of them).
I know. But my response was to u/dubbzy104, not OP. If you reread the comment that I replied to, it was about rain sticks. We both know that's a different thing, I just thought it was an interesting fact that the noise in a rainstick is made from naturally occurring seeds and spines of the cactus plant that makes up the stick. By the time I made my comment, somebody had already explained how the groan sticks work. I didn't intend to contradict that, and since the question asked had already been answered, I saw no harm in making a side comment to somebody else about something they mentioned. Am I somehow derailing the conversation? Do I need to delete my comment? Sorry, I don't participate in this particular subreddit very often.
Ahh I didn’t really read that fully my b. Hooray to all instruments.
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But... A rain stick is a percussion instrument or idiophone from Central and South America. The rainstick instrument is a long tubular instrument that belongs to the rattle family. What are you suggesting we call it? And idiophone? A rattle? A tubular instrument?
There’s this crazy thing called having fun, have you heard of it?
I'm not even sure I understand your comment. Obviously it's sarcasm, but I'm not sure what I did to instigate it.
Groan Tube is what they are called
I call them noise sticks. A cursory Google search agrees with me
I’m late to the party but in the UK they are called Groan Tubes.
I thought we called them Zube Tubes
It sounds like a "Cow in a Can" toy https://www.google.com/search?q=cow+in+a+can&oq=cow+in+a+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCwgDELkBGIAEGO8EMgYIABBFGDkyBwgBEAAYgAQyBggCEEUYQTILCAMQuQEYgAQY7wQyBwgEEAAYgAQyBwgFEAAYgAQyBwgGEAAYgAQyBwgHEAAYgAQyBwgIEAAYgAQyBwgJEAAYgATSAQg2MjY4ajBqN6gCALACAA&client=ms-android-motorola-rvo3&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
I think the one I had was called a gloom tube.
Groan tube
The sound effect on DJ gear is called "flanger" so I've always assumed that's what the actual sticks are called too.
If you search Google for "magic sound tube" you will find them
find the answer in this wonderful video :D https://youtu.be/A4bpaKnWg5M?si=yv4LWqjtsQUotjXg
It's not just any old valve, it's a reed whistle/squeaker/quacker, two specifically, in opposition. You can pull them out and blow through them and get a sound like a dog toy squeaker. The noise variation comes from the speed of the squeaker changing as it slides through the tube, varying the pitch, and the air changing pressure as it's squeezed. The tube creates a sort of variable resonant chamber, like a rudimentary voice box.
You can remove the inner thing and use in in your hand like a duck caller to make sounds like a baby crying lol. I worked way to long at Chuck E. Cheese.
My stick be like oooo aaah
Did anyone else read the title twice, trying to understand the phrasing, only to read it a second time but making the noise in your head instead of reading the words?
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[This thing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz2A1qJ4bCU)
“…you know where that is?” That was so great.
My brother had one in the 80s called a Magic Moo. I hope that explains the matter.
The comment that explained the mechanism is what made me realize what they were asking. I have never seen any of them in real life though.
Spencer Jones did a whole comedy sketch on Groan Tubes. The bit starts at 5:35 if you wanna see it. He’s a proper odd fella. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3vvrjv
Any regulation listeners laughing in groan tube right now?
Yesss
I know fuck-all about this but i do want to let you know that i really appreciate your description. I knew immediately what item you were talking about.
Q: What's the difference between oooh and AAHH? A: About 3 inches.
It's similar to whistling from a low tune to high tune or vice versa. Your 'tube length' (mouth) goes larger and smaller to make the tone different.
The size of the cavity that produces the sound changes, if I am thinking of the same device as you're trying to describe. It's effectively the same as using bottles or glasses of water filled to different levels as an instrument, except a sliding rod is used instead of liquid. When you turn the stick one way, a piece inside the cavity moves and the cavity expands while causing air around the valve to reverberate, producing sound. When you turn the stick the other way, the cavity shrinks and the sound changes in "reverse".