Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Exotic Instruments Continue To Inspire

By Rosa Wade


Music plays a big role in life. The rhythmic sounds produced offer numerous benefits including therapeutic benefits. There is music everywhere today and every culture a unique rhythm. There are also many genres of music and each person has a favorite choice of rhythm. Personal tastes differ from continent to continent. The main reason is that every society has exotic instruments used to produce music.

Some cultures synonymously use guitars, others pianos or drums. Each culture has some musical equipment unique to them. There is something striking about some of these devices. Over the years, music industry has experienced tremendous developments in the instruments used. Thanks to intercultural developments, the world has adopted most of these devices in their music.

Some people prefer to use the piano alone when composing a song. Others use the saxophone and others combine all these to create a modernized song. Tastes vary depending on the musical equipment used to make the musical arrangement. Keyboards, drums and guitars are some of the most used equipments today. They feature in most popular genres of music including rock and roll, jazz, hip hop and blues.

There are also many other unusual musical equipments that are growing in popularity. Each instrument has a unique feature about it. Some like the guitar have strings which are plucked to produce sound. Others like the drum is made of metal, wood or skin depending on its originality.

Another important instrument worth considering is the computer. Most musicians have embraced technological advancements. Many are moving away from hand held equipment which can be a little tiring. Computerized sounds are easy to incorporate when composing a song. However, computers can never replace original musical equipment which are slowly gaining ground in most societies.

Balalaika is a lute like instrument is a Russian instrument that features a lot in music concerts these days. The lute has strings which are picked and have large bass bases. Gochipand is also becoming very popular. This Indian device produces bass, tenor and soprano when played.

Moon-guitar or moon zither is also quite popular out there. The Chinese lute is used a lot especially in opera orchestra. It is played in a circular motion.

Exotic instruments are very important and can never lose their place in the society. Instead, their features are continuously being added to improve performance. That is why music played in this age sounds more melodious than that played a century ago.




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