# Bach's Tocatta & Fugue in D Minor... played on glasses! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 9, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachs-tocatta-fugue-in-d-minor-played-on-glasses/574012 "2011-03-09T05:05:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachs-tocatta-fugue-in-d-minor-played-on-glasses/574012/1 "2011-03-09T05:05:08Z")
Pretty impressive: [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=XKRj-T4l-e8&vq=large) ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachs-tocatta-fugue-in-d-minor-played-on-glasses/574012/2 "2011-03-09T05:10:04Z")
Totally awesome! And for some reason, really funny, too. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachs-tocatta-fugue-in-d-minor-played-on-glasses/574012/3 "2011-03-09T05:43:33Z")
I thought it was going to be on eyeglasses. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachs-tocatta-fugue-in-d-minor-played-on-glasses/574012/4 "2011-03-09T05:55:28Z")
Freebird! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachs-tocatta-fugue-in-d-minor-played-on-glasses/574012/5 "2011-03-09T14:03:23Z")
I’ve seen a different glass harmonica player perform things like this (his set of glasses is too small for this particular one, though I suspect the can perform it given enough glasses). If you like the way it sounds on Youtube, you’d be amazed at how much better it sounds live. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachs-tocatta-fugue-in-d-minor-played-on-glasses/574012/6 "2011-03-09T14:20:57Z")
Amazing. Wonder how long it takes his instrument to go out of tune on a hot day? ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachs-tocatta-fugue-in-d-minor-played-on-glasses/574012/7 "2011-03-09T15:12:59Z")
Something along the same lines, a bit more lowtech: [Flight of the bumblebee on beerbottles](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzucpFgi7Xk) ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachs-tocatta-fugue-in-d-minor-played-on-glasses/574012/8 "2011-03-09T16:49:55Z")
Really cool, but in the spirit of fighting ignorance, and in order to do some recreational nitpicking, I’ll point out that [it probably ain’t by Bach](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toccata_and_Fugue_in_D_minor,_BWV_565) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachs-tocatta-fugue-in-d-minor-played-on-glasses/574012/9 "2011-03-09T16:57:18Z")
My cats hated this. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachs-tocatta-fugue-in-d-minor-played-on-glasses/574012/10 "2011-03-09T17:06:21Z")
> [@](#): > > If you like the way it sounds on Youtube, you’d be amazed at how much better it sounds live. Yeah, a wineglass has a lot of harmonics that don’t survive the audio compression process. The beerbottle bumblebees isn’t bad (and a clever way to do it), but the most impressive was I once heard someone perform it (at full speed) on a tuba. ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachs-tocatta-fugue-in-d-minor-played-on-glasses/574012/11 "2011-03-09T17:15:54Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Yeah, a wineglass has a lot of harmonics that don’t survive the audio compression process. > > The beerbottle bumblebees isn’t bad (and a clever way to do it), but the most impressive was I once heard someone perform it (at full speed) on a tuba. The guy from the Canadian Brass used to do that. A real crowd pleaser.