can anyone tell me th name of that wierd instrument that is like a mix between a keyboard and guitar?

Question

this instrument is held like a guitar and has a short neck but also has a keyboard instead of strings, i think herbie hancock used to play one alot, but, then again herbie hancock played everything alot

Answer 1

The instrument that you describe sounds like a Keytar. The technology has come on a bit since Herby Hancock's early stuff.
Take a look at the Guitarino which can play as a single instrument or a whole band.

Answer 2

In the 80/s there were these goofy keyboards that looked like guitars. They were just plain old keyboards in the shape of a guitar. I think people were trying to be cool and dance around on stage like a guitarist would.

Answer 3

It's called a Keytar, and it's possibly the epitome of 80's rock and roll.

Answer 4

Edgar Winter used to play this in the 70s. (Remember Frankenstein?) They're making a comeback?

Answer 5

Its still called a keyboard - you just hang it around your neck and look like Nick Rhodes from Duran Duran!

Answer 6

Still called a keyboard

Answer 7

It is a keytar, and here's one of the funniest things I've ever seen (and it just happens to include a keytar):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb8VoPs6S_c

Check it out!

Answer 8

i recognize the cello and violins. i'm also somewhat keen on the harpsichord, notwithstanding no individual extremely seems to play it anymore - they take the straightforward way out and use a keyboard. :-( My demise Bride makes use of violin plenty of their song and that i happen to love them - one in all many doom metallic bands i love round bedtime. diverse ecu doom metallic bands and ecu black metallic bands will use classical instrumentation both of their intros or in the time of a few of their songs, extremely.

Answer 9

I think it's called a keytar.

Answer 10

you are describing what i think is a keytar