Making your own musical instruments is an incredible way to enjoy music! There are many ways to do this, but one of the most popular methods is using plastic materials you can easily get online or in stores. By experimenting with different shapes and sizes of bottles and other plastics, you will make lots of […]
Buying musical instruments is an expensive hobby! Luckily, technology has made it possible to purchase all of your favorite bands’ gear online for much more reasonable prices. You can find almost anything you want in the music equipment market, from guitars to keyboards to drums to trumpets. Fortunately, buying these things online no longer requires […]
Like many other cultures, there are different ways to identify how people classify musical instruments in their country. Different languages have different terms for music making devices. There are two main reasons why this happens. One is that some words have more than one definition. For example, the word “piano” can mean keyboard or instrument. […]
What makes up music is how we describe it. Music comes down to two main components: rhythm and notes. Rhythm is what people use to identify what part of a song is. For example, when you listen to a song that has a steady beat, you will know what part is rhythm because the listener […]
The number of musical instruments in existence is staggering! There are over 5,000 different types of stringed instruments alone! That’s not even mentioning non-stringed ones like percussion instruments or instruments with multiple parts that make up the music such as guitars, pianos, harps, etc. There are also many instances where a part of a instrument […]
Technically, grouping musical instruments is not done by genre or category, but rather according to how they are played. For example, most people would say that pianos fall under the instrument group of keyboards because you use your hands to play it. Other examples of this include guitars being grouped into stringed instruments and basses […]
In this article, we will be talking about how to use beats efficiently for your instrument! This is one of the most important things to do as an instrumentalist because it impacts how well you play your instrument. Many musicians underestimate the importance of music theory (or “beat literacy”) and how integral it is to […]
There are many different types of musical instruments in the world, some being more complex than others. Some people may not know what all of them are, but they have at least heard of most of them. Myanmar is no exception to this rule as there are several different kinds here. Many do not know […]
There are many myths surrounding how specific instruments are made of certain materials. For example, there is no truth in the rumor that bamboo drums are manufactured using water as a material! In fact, some types of bamboo can be hollowed out with just a heavy hammer or tool. The thinner walls make it more […]
In Southeast Asia, there are several categories for how people classify musical instruments according to their sounds. Some of these types include plucked string instruments (stringed instruments), percussive/non-percussion instruments (such as drums or maracas), wind instruments (like flutes or clarinets), brass instruments (trumpet or horn), percussion instruments (xylophone or tambourine) and others. The most well […]
