Otamatone is a Japanese electric musical instrument (or toy) that produces a theremin-like (Kawaii, as Tosa puts it) sound. It is an electrophone musical instrument that relies on electricity to make sounds. The instrument was designed like a tadpole. However, many people debate that it looks like a music note with a long neck and
Globalization has increased the interconnections between people around the world. As technology and transportation advanced, global transitioned from a world apart to a world together by processes of trades and exploration. As a result, globalization has led to an increase in the international student population in the United State. In recent years, 5.5 percent of
Ruby Ornstein is an ethnomusicologist who specializes in Balinese gamelan music. She went to graduate school at the University of California. Ornstein’s research focuses on the North Balinese Kebyar musician murdered during the 1965 unsuccessful coup in Indonesia. She was the first woman ethnomusicologist to study in Bali (Sarkissian and Solis 432). Nevertheless, despite her
