Musical instruments

pick” how playing an instrument benefits your brain.” Firstly, playing instruments teaches the brain how to store and retrieve memories more effectively and also listening to music is more beneficial for the mind as it helps the brain to analyses different moving parts and put them together in other to truly understand what is happening. Secondly, greater things happen when playing an instrument and by observing the brain of the people who play a musical instrument the brain is like…

Throughout the last century, music has transformed drastically in numerous ways. For example, in the 1950’s, songs were almost entirely acoustic and incredibly organic. Artists in the industry did not have access to the technology available today, which made them rely on their talents alone. Today, individuals are able to autotune their vocals and they have tools such as metronomes, drum machines, etc. that can enhance their songs. At the same time, their are several similarities in the style of…

comes to technology and musical instruments they have developed greatly throughout the year due to technological advances. These advancements make it easier for someone who is in any kinds of musical field to express their talents. The three instruments that will be talked about are the piano, violin and drum. These are base instruments for lots of musical pieces. When it comes to the piano it was born in 1709 in Italy by Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori. This instrument produced sound by…

One of the four passions in my life is teaching elementary and middle school students music, primarily through the use of string instruments. I get excited about teaching music because it is important to the human experience. It aids in the creativity and expression of students, teaches important social skills, and encourages working as a team to achieve a goal. But most importantly, it teaches students to enjoy the process of developing a skill and that talent can be increased. Learning in my…

Musical instruments have been around for hundreds of years. Not only have the human voices been used as instruments, but there have been manufactured items that have been made to produce sound. Throughout many eras of music, these instruments have been changed many times, mostly to improve the sound or quality of the sound. There is one particular instrument that has been around for a very long time that has been changed many times. This instrument is the organ. Organs can be very large…

concert began. My wife went with me and we were seated in the balcony. The stage was pretty plain; only one piano and a few musical stands decorated it. A wall of acoustical tiles filled one side of the theatre. The other side had remnants of an old beautiful mural. murals My wife and I discussed the…

The first musical selection that I chose to listen to was Chopin Prelude in E minor. During, parts of the selection I heard a difference in the interval of the pitch. Following that, most of the selection was played in mezzo piano, but in the middle, I heard a crescendo and then a decrescendo. I thought that the selections timbre was mostly mellow. This selection musical instrument was just a piano. The tempo I thought this selection was played in was moderato. The second musical selection…

These tune-making objects are doing so unintentionally, whereas a person can be making a sound with a particular unique instrument, having the intentions to create a tune or a rythem. Examples or substitutes for the unaware tune-making species would be a beaver, a swarm or crowd of bees, and a hummingbird. The noise these species can create almost sound similar to the manmade instruments such as a set of drums from the beaver, babpipes from the swarm of bees, and a flute from the hummingbird.…

found in pieces was about to be 38,000 years old. Non like the violin it did not evolve from another instrument, it is said that many pieces of the flute were found in a cave in Germany called the Geißenklösterle Cave. Sound is produced from a flute by blowing onto a sharp edge, causing air enclosed in a tube to vibrate. The flute used to be an instrument made of wood but present, the instrument is made of metal. The flute is 67cm long and weighs 400 to 600 grams. Popular types of flutes have…

culture, music has played an integral part of society since Ancient Egyptian times. Instruments ranging from the flutes, harps, and percussion instruments were documented to have been used by the ancient Egyptians. Currently, the most similar music to that of Ancient Egyptian traditions is the Sufi zikr ritual. The zikr ritual is a type of Egyptian folk music that has preserved the rhythms and use of instruments from ancient Egyptian traditions. Modern Egyptian pop music is now the most popular…