Musical Instrument World Records

Jayen Varma played his bass guitar at 660 BPM.

Ederson Prado played pizzicato using two fingers of his right hand for two bars per note.

Michael Kennedy’s rendition of the four traditional verses of "Oh!Susanna" using two harmonicas took 40.44 seconds. **

Zack C. played every black key on a 61-key piano using a pencil in 5.22 seconds.

Mel Sampson led a group of 44 people including 89.3 K-Rock staff and listeners in playing musical instruments in a parking lot. They set the record to celebrate RecordSetter World Record Day. #WorldRecordDay2012

JJ blew a note on his kazoo that lasted one minute, 43.06 seconds.

Jessica Delfino played a song on her rape whistle for one minute, 12.31 seconds during a stop on the RecordSetter book tour. She set the record at powerHouse Books in Brooklyn, NY during a RecordSetter LIVE! event. RecordSetter founders Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson presided over the attempt.

Caitlin A. played a clarinet for two minutes, 17.03 seconds while upside down.

Soham Mukhopadhyay played a flute with his nose for six minutes, 9.00 seconds.

Soham Mukhopadhyay played a melodica with one nostril for 30 minutes, 22.00 seconds.

Raktim Khound played an electric guitar with his teeth for five minutes, 40.22 seconds.

Natalie Tan played an Otamatone for three minutes, 8.76 seconds.

Dena A. played clarinet for one minute, 49.74 seconds while hanging upside down from a tree branch.

Raktim Khound of Jorhat, India, swung his acoustic guitar up over his head and played it resting across his shoulders for 5 minutes 37 seconds. Filmed from behind in one continuous take, the video shows his left hand on the neck above his head and his right hand strumming the body behind it, and he chose Vande Mataram, India's national song, for the attempt. RecordSetter timed the attempt from his first strum in position, about 22 seconds into the clip, until he brings the guitar back down at the six-minute mark. He never once gets to look at the strings.

Luis Phillip spun two basketballs on his index fingers with his eyes closed for 5.75 seconds while playing a tune on a harmonica.

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.