Musician playing ‘melon slices’ to come up with peppy tune impresses internet

The song aptly titled ‘Watermelon’, shows the eccentric artist Mezerg playing the notes by a swimming pool. He eats the slices of fruit after the performance.

The video is being widely shared on social media platforms and has been viewed over 5 million times.

The melon slices seen here are just switches to pre-tuned synthesizer of keyboard notes. Basically, when one touches the fruit slices, it completes the circuit and tells the device to play the note hooked to a computer or mobile phone.

Using a circuit board, alligator clips, and a USB cable, the kit uses closed loop electrical signals to send the computer a signal when pressed. Makey Makey, which popularised such electronic invention kits, also commented on the video.

Thanks, Jerod! He is using a Playtronica, but yes, our invention kit can also make intriguing melon synthesizers!

— Makey Makey (@makeymakey) September 3, 2020

People were quite impressed with the man’s talent and many loved the tune.

@SLessard now this is a science project one could be proud of! 😄

— SheDoesn’tDoFake (@seekupTx) September 4, 2020

I’m gettin’ there pic.twitter.com/ixEGAe6aSV

— aronmagner (@aronmagner) September 3, 2020

Me rn pic.twitter.com/sUYZeJWZQU

— Sandi Morris, OLY🇺🇸 (@sandicheekspv) September 3, 2020

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— Skornflakez (@Skornflakez) September 3, 2020

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— Wolfbat and the chicago venture 💙🐺 (@motomo21) September 3, 2020

Nice melonody! 😊

— TumbleweedBob (@TumbleweedBob) September 3, 2020

What you’ve never seen a melon piano.. come to think of it my mind’s just been blown.. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/UJJLAguC8g

— Johnny Renfield (@RenfieldJohnny) September 3, 2020

Now *that* is how to play with your food! :)

— Lar (@lartist) September 3, 2020

Come on people, this was hilarious. Criminally underrated tweet. 🤣🤣🤣

— Medium Historian At Large (@one0nine) September 3, 2020

Welcome to Juice Hill Zone.

This is bangin’. 😎

— AzureZweilander #BLM (@AZweilander) September 3, 2020

Sweet sweet melonies!

— Tuba Madibo (@MotubaMadibo) September 3, 2020

What is this sorcery??? https://t.co/vJEg7NEzGo

— 🌻🐱🍓Snoot Booping Intensifies🍓🐱 (@Strawberry_Kat_) September 3, 2020

“You can play a Mellotron?”

No, no… a MelonTron… very different https://t.co/J20Keojbs7

— Don Redmond (@BeerStoreDude) September 3, 2020

I want to bring back Mozart just to watch him watch this. https://t.co/RzZZfZqDl8

— SepticSnowman (@SepticSnowman) September 3, 2020

Watermelon, cantaloupe and kiwi are no longer fruits, they’re instruments. Welcome to the future. https://t.co/KXTjjoEu30

— Mike ||redacted|| (@TheOtherMikeV2) September 3, 2020