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Category: INSTRUMENTS

Violin The String Instrument


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This is one of the oldest string instruments which evolved during the Renaissance. In the 16th century, approximately 1550 first constructed Violin in Italy. The smallest and highest-pitched of the string instrument family. Sometimes it used to be called a fiddle. Belongs to the chordophone family. It is widely used in Western music, whether it is folk, country music, or jazz, rock can accompany any orchestra or can play alone as a solo instrument.

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Bagpipes the Scottish wind instrument


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The most ancient wind instrument originated in Europe. It was found in Europe in the early 9th century. Highlands of Scotland is got to be mentioned with the bagpipes especially. As a rustic instrument in many cultures bagpiper was used because a herdsman had the necessary materials at hand. It was made of goat or sheepskin and a reed pipe.

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Guitar the Western fretted instrument


Guitar, the beginning and journey

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One of the most popular modern western fretted instruments is Guitar. The 16th century probably originated in Spain. Steel strings first became widely available around 1900. In the early 1920’s designer, the great change began with the creation of the archtop guitar is usually credited to Orville Gibson. He modified the archtop “jazz” into the f-holes, floating bridge, and cello-type tailpiece. This is widely played in the folk and popular music of many countries.

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African Mandole Fretted Instrument


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African Mandole is a plucked steel-string fretted musical instrument of Algerian origin. It is mainly used in Chaabi music and Kabyle music. The mondol is from North Africa (mainly in Algeria). Got its popularity in 1960. It’s actually a mandocello-sized instrument. Earlier it has also been called a “mandoluth”.

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Didgeridoo the sound of Australia


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Didgeridoo is a wind instrument made from hollow wood of Northern Australia. It is both a pitched instrument and a percussion instrument. It is made from limbs and tree trunks hollowed out by termites or any other insects. The didgeridoo was developed by Aboriginal peoples in Arnhem Land, Northern Australia. It is one of the oldest wind instruments in the world. It’s possibly the world’s oldest musical instrument, as researchers said the first didgeridoo was over 40,000 years old. It is also known that the Mayan people of Central America had a similar instrument. This is one of the popular old instruments proved by at least 45 different synonyms for the didgeridoo.

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