musical instruments
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent ♪ ~ Victor Hugo
Three summer vacations and one Christmas break is what it took for me to understand that music is a deep and bottomless sea, devoid of any boundaries.
Every single musical instrument, right from the African djembe to the Indonesian gamelan angklung, and the Arabic shababa to the Indian sitar, is a testament to the fact that music is a universal language having multiple dialects. The tongue twisters that some of these musical instrument names are, it took me a while just to get their names right!
Anyway, the sheer magnitude of the different musical instruments that I was exposed to, from all over the world was mesmerizing and it left me spellbound.
It awakened an inner desire which soon manifested into a deep curiosity about the various types of musical instruments existing in the world. I set out on a melodic journey of discovery and here is what I unearthed in the process.
♪ Sounds of Music ♪
Wind Instruments
Wind instruments require a person to blow into the instrument in order to produce the desired sound. They work on the principle of sound waves, frequencies, harmonics, resonance and acoustics. When you blow into the instrument, the pitch of the sound note produced, varies depending on the length of the internal air column in which the sound waves vibrate. The shorter the air column, the higher is the pitch of the note produced, and vice versa. Some of the popular wind instruments are:
♪Flute♪Piccolo♪Shakuhachi♪Clarinet♪Bassoon♪English horn♪Oboe♪Accordion♪Saxophone♪Shehnai♪Bagpipe♪Pianica♪Harmonica
Percussion Instruments
Percussion instruments require a person to strike or beat the instrument surface in order to generate vibrations, which then produce the desired sound note. Depending on the type of surface, one can use one's hands, sticks, or other similar objects for striking the instrument surface. A characteristic feature of
Three summer vacations and one Christmas break is what it took for me to understand that music is a deep and bottomless sea, devoid of any boundaries.
Every single musical instrument, right from the African djembe to the Indonesian gamelan angklung, and the Arabic shababa to the Indian sitar, is a testament to the fact that music is a universal language having multiple dialects. The tongue twisters that some of these musical instrument names are, it took me a while just to get their names right!
Anyway, the sheer magnitude of the different musical instruments that I was exposed to, from all over the world was mesmerizing and it left me spellbound.
It awakened an inner desire which soon manifested into a deep curiosity about the various types of musical instruments existing in the world. I set out on a melodic journey of discovery and here is what I unearthed in the process.
♪ Sounds of Music ♪
Wind Instruments
Wind instruments require a person to blow into the instrument in order to produce the desired sound. They work on the principle of sound waves, frequencies, harmonics, resonance and acoustics. When you blow into the instrument, the pitch of the sound note produced, varies depending on the length of the internal air column in which the sound waves vibrate. The shorter the air column, the higher is the pitch of the note produced, and vice versa. Some of the popular wind instruments are:
♪Flute♪Piccolo♪Shakuhachi♪Clarinet♪Bassoon♪English horn♪Oboe♪Accordion♪Saxophone♪Shehnai♪Bagpipe♪Pianica♪Harmonica
Percussion Instruments
Percussion instruments require a person to strike or beat the instrument surface in order to generate vibrations, which then produce the desired sound note. Depending on the type of surface, one can use one's hands, sticks, or other similar objects for striking the instrument surface. A characteristic feature of