by Grigg&Kellah February 12, 2014
Slang term for a bizarre musical instrument known as the melodica. Sometimes called a “face-piano.” The device is small and handheld. It consists of a compact piano keyboard, with a mouthpiece on the end closest to the user. When blown into, it produces an awkward tone; best described as a “nerdy, yet, musically playable squeal.” The blowtar owes its name to the fact that it’s blown into, and that it’s equally as weird as the keytar (a keyboard/guitar combo.)
After I saw Donald Fagan and some random guy in Cyndi Lauper’s band playing a freaked-out, mutant instrument called a blowtar, I went to Guitar Center and asked if they could special order one for me. The guy looked at me like I had two heads, and said, “Yeah…no.”
by Vegas Virus-19 February 21, 2023