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Fastest Five-Octave Chromatic Scale On A Piano

Eric Liu performed a five-octave chromatic scale on a piano in 5.00 seconds.

Fastest Ascending C Major Scale On Piano

Eric Liu played C major scale on piano in 0.28 second.

Most Times Singing The Word "Party" In A Song

Most Led Zeppelin Guitar Riffs Played In One Minute

Edu García played 15 Led Zeppelin guitar riffs in one minute.

Fastest Two-Octave C-Major Scale Played With A Tennis Racquet

Royce A. played a two-octave C-major scale, ascending and descending, with a tennis racquet in 7.28 seconds.

Fastest Time To Play "Mary Had A Little Lamb" While Bouncing A Golf Ball On A Mallet Held With The Foot

Vaughan Heussenstamm played Mary Had A Little Lamb while bouncing a golf ball on a mallet using his foot. He bounced the ball to the beat of the music.

Most Times Whistling "Happy Birthday" In One Minute

Fastest Two-Octave C-Major Scale Played On Piano Using A Pocket Cube

Viktor O. played a two-octave C-major scale on a piano in 7.35 seconds using a pocket cube.

Most Beatbox Beats In 10 Seconds

Longest Freestyle Rap

Aten Williams performed a freestyle rap non-stop for 17 hours. Watch his entire record attempt here.

Most Appearances Of The Word "Eye" In The Lyrics Of A Song

Taher Shah's song, Eye to Eye, has 226 words, with the word "eye" repeated 60 times to make up approximately 26 percent of the song.

Most Drum Beats By A Baby In 15 Seconds

Most Guitar Picks On A Guitar Neck

Longest Time Balancing Acoustic Guitar On Forehead

Doug McManaman balanced an acoustic guitar on his forehead for four minutes, 52.69 seconds.

Most Repeated Four-Chord Progressions On A Guitar In 30 Seconds

Fastest Descending 88-Key Chromatic Scale

Most Chromatic Scales Played In Harmony By A Xylophonist And A Bassist In One Minute

The Xylopholks played 66 chromatic scales in harmony in one minute.

The Xylopholks set the record at a RecordSetter LIVE! event held at The JCC in Manhattan in New York City. RecordSetter Council president Dan Rollman and senior official Ella Morton presided over the attempt.

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Most Lyrics Replaced With Chemical Elements In REM's "It's the End of the World"

Mick Cullen replaced 105 lyrics with [chemical elements][1] in [R.E.M.][2]’s song “[It’s the End of the World][3]”. He performed the feat during a stop on the RecordSetter book tour. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemicalelement [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.E.M. [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It’stheEndoftheWorldasWeKnowIt(AndIFeelFine)

Largest Group To Perform "Little Drummer Boy" During A Snowstorm

Four musicians performedLittle Drummer Boyoutside while it was snowing.

Fastest Ascending 88-Key Chromatic Scale On A Piano

Hoornaert Nicolas played a chromatic scale on a piano in 6.95 seconds.

Most Times Unscrewing A Plastic Bottle Cap While Listening To 'Perfect Strangers' Theme Song

Dave Bettenunscrewed the cap off his plasticbottle 56 times while listening to the theme song fromPerfect Strangers.

Most Musical Treble Clefs Drawn In One Minute

Phil McFarlane drew 43 musical treble clefs in one minute.

Most Chromatic Scales Played By A Xylophonist And A Bassist In One Minute

The Xylopholks, a New York City musical duo consisting of a xylophonist and bassist, played a combined total of 61 chromatic scales in one minute.

The Xylopholks set the record at a RecordSetter LIVE! event held at Littlefield in Brooklyn, New York. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present as witnesses.

Largest Female Accordion Group To Play A Polka Song

The Main Squeeze Orchestra, an accordiongroup six females, played a polka song.

They set the record at a World Record Appreciation Society event held at Littlefield in Brooklyn, New York. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present as witnesses.

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Most Jimi Hendrix Guitar Riffs Played In One Minute

Jon Shriver played 11 Jimi Hendrix guitar riffs in one minute.

Shriver set the record at a World Record Appreciation Society event held at Joe’s Pub in New York City. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present as witnesses.

Riffs performed:
1. Purple Haze
2. Voodoo Chile
3. Machine Gun
4. Who Knows
5. Hey Baby
6. Hear My Train
7. Midnight Lightning
8. Little Wing
9. Spanish Castle Magic
10. Freedom
11. In From The Storm

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Most Metallica Guitar Riffs Played In One Minute

Braden Harris played eight Metallica guitar riffs in one minute.

Riffs performed:
1. Through the Never
2. Blackened
3. Holier Than Thou
4. Enter Sandman
5. Seek amp; Destroy
6. For Whom The Bell Tolls
7. That Was Just Your Life
8. One

Fastest Bagpipe Rendition Of 'Scotland The Brave' While Standing Next To A Human Flagpole

Mallory Wolchuk played ’Scotland The Brave’ on bagpipes in 52.22 seconds while standing next to Doug McManaman, who balanced a Canadian flag on his chin for the entire record.

Most Middle C Notes Played On Pianos At Once

20 members of Wieden Kennedy’s Team Maroon played the middle C note on 23 different pianos at once.

The record was set in Portland, Oregon on April 1, 2010 at the agency’s 28th annual Founders’ Dayparty.RecordSetter co-foundersDan Rollman and Corey Henderson were on hand to preside over the event.

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Most Wah-Wah Pedals Used On A Bass

Owen Biddle of The Rootsplayed a bass guitar that was wired through two wah-wah pedals. He attempted to plug in six, but a faulty cable led to an unsuccessful attempt.

Biddle set the recordat a World Record Appreciation Society event held at Joe’s Pub in New York City. He was accompanied by Blast Off!!!. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present as witnesses.

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Most Indie Hip Hop Albums Released In One Year

Derek Simmons, who releases albums under the alias of Force One Networkz[], has recorded and released 17 indie hip hop albums so far in 2009. He has three more scheduled for release before the end of the year.

Most Clef Tattoos

Peter Haik has two clef tattoos on his arm. Haik’s clefs, which form the shape of a heart, beat the previous record by one.

Most Guitar Chords Strummed In 30 Seconds Using Another Guitar As Pick

Justin Nyugen played 13 chords on his Fender Squire Stratocaster with another guitar in 30 seconds, a new world record. Chords played: C, D, E, F, G, A, B, F#, G#, Bb, Am, Em, A7.

Fastest Time To Sing "Sixteen Going On Seventeen"

Paying homage to her favorite musical,Rachel Sklar sang ’Sixteen Going On Seventeen[]’ (featured in The Sound of Music) in 38.58 seconds.

The record was set at a World Record Appreciation Society event on February 11, 2009. It took place at Pianos, a bar in New York City’s Lower East Side. Corey Henderson and Dan Rollman were on hand to document and time the record.

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Most Throat Notes Sung In 30 Seconds

Maximizing diaphram capacity and rapid vocal movement, Elna Baker stunned an audience by letting loose 112 throat singing notes in 30 seconds, a new universal record.

The record was set on November 24, 2008 at a World Record Appreciation Society event in New York City. Event organizers Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present to witness and document this feat.

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Fastest Accordion Player

Peter Grigorov played 20.3 notes per second on his accordion, a new world record. He played Flight of the Bumblebee in setting the mark.

The record was set on November 25, 2007 in Billerica, Massachusetts. Atanas Grigorov witnessed the performance.

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Fastest Time To Play "Hello Dolly" On A Moving Piano

Jack Garton played Hello Dolly on a moving piano while singing the song in 54.38 seconds.

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Fastest Accordion Rendition Of 'The Devil Went Down To Georgia'

Accordion Rob’s fingers came alive as he busted out a full accordion rendition of “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” in just one minute, twenty seconds.

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