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‘Hello’ with Adele, Jimmy Fallon, and The Roots on Classroom Instruments

Host Jimmy Fallon and The Roots sing Hello with Adele (Photo by Douglas Gorenstein / NBC)

Adele is the latest singer to sit down with The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon and The Roots to perform a hit song using only classroom instruments. Adele sang “Hello” backed up by Fallon and The Roots, with a surprise ‘easter egg’ appearance in the video of a very special bust. Here’s the list of classroom instruments used, courtesy of The Tonight Show:
Adele – vocals, flip phone;
Jimmy Fallon – wood block, huge bass drum, Casio keyboard;
Questlove – hand clappers, orange shaker;
Kamal Gray – xylophone;
James Poyser – melodica;
Captain Kirk – ukulele;
Tuba Gooding Jr. – kazoo, banana shaker;
Mark Kelley – kazoo;
Frank Knuckles – bongos;
Black Thought — tambourine.

Watch the “Hello” video:

This post was last modified on February 24, 2016 11:23 pm

Rebecca Murray: Journalist covering the entertainment industry for 23+ years, including 13 years as the first writer for About.com's Hollywood Movies site. Member of the Critics Choice Association (Film & TV Branches), Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and Past President of the San Diego Film Critics Society.
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