The Otamatone is a musical instrument developed in Japan by the Cube Works Company along with Maywa Denki and Novmichi Tosa. It is a musical-note shaped singing toy which requires two hands to be played: while one hand holds and/or squeezes the "head", the other hand controls the pitch of the tune by sliding the finger up and down the stem. The sound made by this instrument is often compared to the sound of a theremin and asynthesizer. The otamatone has a dynamic pitch level, and volume level is expressed through air expelled into the instrument.[1]
