Bagpipe History
The bagpipe, although centuries old, remains quite popular throughout the decades, and is still played in areas like Scotland. The bagpipe is made using wooden structures as the pipes and a goat or sheep skin as the bag. To play, the piper squeezes the bag with his hand while a breath is taken into the mouthpiece, to allow the air to flow into the pipes facing outward.
The harp is one of the earliest instruments made, dating back to the times before Christianity became a religion, and still is played today. Plucking the strings will cause a reaction where the strings will jolt back to position once the player lets go, letting out a sound. During the Middle Ages, the shape of a harp is made out of wood while its strings were made using sheep …show more content…
This wooden and cylinder woodwind instrument has nine parallel channels drilled through a mouthpiece and a pipe, allowing air to flow through multiple openings in the instrument at a time. The rackett is very small in size, but because of the multiple channels, the pitch it makes is quite soft. Some have tiny tubes extending from the holes in the body for fingers and thumbs to grasp the tiny object.
The gamba (more known as the viola da gamba) is one of the earliest members in the viol family. The instrument itself is made out of wood, and the strings are made out of dried sheep intestine. At the top of the viol are a series of pulleys that change the tightness of the string. The looser the strings are, the faster the strings will jiggle when rubbed, making a lower and softer pitch, while tight strings will leave a higher pitch since they will not have as much feedback.
The shofar is popular for being the only Hebrew instrument that survived until now. Originally used in the Bible, this instrument carved from an ibex horn flows from the tip of the horn (also the mouthpiece) and out the large exit at the bottom, allowing a loud bellow to be heard for miles. Despite still being used to this day, the shofar cannot keep up with the popularity of its follow-up, the
The harp is one of the earliest instruments made, dating back to the times before Christianity became a religion, and still is played today. Plucking the strings will cause a reaction where the strings will jolt back to position once the player lets go, letting out a sound. During the Middle Ages, the shape of a harp is made out of wood while its strings were made using sheep …show more content…
This wooden and cylinder woodwind instrument has nine parallel channels drilled through a mouthpiece and a pipe, allowing air to flow through multiple openings in the instrument at a time. The rackett is very small in size, but because of the multiple channels, the pitch it makes is quite soft. Some have tiny tubes extending from the holes in the body for fingers and thumbs to grasp the tiny object.
The gamba (more known as the viola da gamba) is one of the earliest members in the viol family. The instrument itself is made out of wood, and the strings are made out of dried sheep intestine. At the top of the viol are a series of pulleys that change the tightness of the string. The looser the strings are, the faster the strings will jiggle when rubbed, making a lower and softer pitch, while tight strings will leave a higher pitch since they will not have as much feedback.
The shofar is popular for being the only Hebrew instrument that survived until now. Originally used in the Bible, this instrument carved from an ibex horn flows from the tip of the horn (also the mouthpiece) and out the large exit at the bottom, allowing a loud bellow to be heard for miles. Despite still being used to this day, the shofar cannot keep up with the popularity of its follow-up, the