It’s been quite some time since my last snippet, but I was wandering around some old blog posts, and I noticed that way back in Memorable Snippets: Part 4 I had promised some people more clips of Morning Musume doing these Musix! Fights. I didn’t realize that so many people had never seen these clips before…

I didn’t really have an “appropriate” photo for this post, but I guess any 10-nin Momusu photo should work, right? ^_^

If you don’t know the premise, and didn’t feel like clicking on that link above, here’s the general gist of it:

[These are] old [clips], I’m not even quite sure what year. Morning Musume had this segment called “Musix Fight!” where two members would go up against each other trying to create a sound on a musical instrument. I’m also not exactly sure where this aired, but this little series of clips was gold.

Basically, these are all the clips of these Musix Fights that I have, so I’ll get right into it and share them with you guys! Hope you enjoy.

Yasuda Kei vs. Natsumi Abe – Ushibue

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Though this isn’t one of the more interesting battles, I love how the sound just cuts off for Kei. Props to Nacchi for figuring it out, though.

Yoshizawa Hitomi vs. Iida Kaori – Bass Clarinet

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Hitomi’s shifty eyes after her failure are so amusing, but I have to give props to Kaori for getting sound out of the clarient. The air obviously wasn’t concentrated enough when she started, but I’m impressed she figured it out in one breath.

Iida Kaori vs. Ishikawa Rika – Didgeridoo

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Totally random instrument name. I like it! Kaori definitely seems to be on a roll with getting these instruments to make a sound.

Iida Kaori vs. Nakazawa Yuko – Flute

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The flute is a very finicky instrument when it comes to getting a sound out of it, and Yuko getting that light sound out of the flute on her first try was pretty impressive. Kaori seems to do better with the “blow hard and you’ll eventually get some sound out of it” (… don’t be preverted people! XD) instruments, and the flute definitely isn’t one of those.

Goto Maki vs. Natsumi Abe – Bawu

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Nacchi’s look of total confusion was absolutely adorable and she was able to get a tiny sound out of the instrument. However, the sound the Maki got from it was completely not what I was expecting. XD

Tsuji Nozomi vs. Goto Maki – Tuba

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I love how Maki struggles with the instrument. She looks like she’s having the hardest time just holding the tuba up.

Yoshizawai Hitomi vs. Goto Maki – (French) Horn

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I love watching Maki trying to figure out how to hold the horn. While not quite as amusing as the tuba, it’s cute that she’s trying to figure out the “proper” way to hold the instrument. Yossy was so close to getting a sound out of the horn… You could feel the sound soooo ready to come out. Did everyone notice the referee? Seriously, how did he get so confused on who won? That always makes me laugh.

And of course, there’s Memorable Snippets: Part 4, which has Rika vs. Kago Ai, if you haven’t watched it yet. That one’s adorable because of then 12-year-old Aibon’s little giggle. I don’t have one with Mari for some reason, which means I don’t have all the Musix! Fights because I’ve seen a clip (not full) of Mari vs. Nacchi on the sousaphone (click here).

Watching through these, can you pick a favourite battle? Or at least a favourite moment out of these battles? For me, I’d probably lean toward Kago’s giggle, or the old guy getting confused on naming the winner. XD Hope you enjoyed these clips!