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Guitar the Western fretted instrument

Guitar, the beginning and journey

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.

African Mandole Fretted Instrument

INSTRUMENTS | Instruments-african

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”.

Didgeridoo the sound of Australia

INSTRUMENTS | Instruments Other

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.

The History And Evolution Of The Oud, the Unique Instrument.

INSTRUMENTS | Instruments Asian

Introduction

The oud, the mahogany wooden string instrument was prominent in medieval and modern Islamic music. While the oud is not as widely known in the West as it is in its native land of Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq, this timeless instrument has indeed traveled worldwide. Today, musicians across the globe use the oud for their own unique style of music. But why? What makes this seemingly simple stringed instrument so special?

A Brief Introduction To The Sarangi, India’s Royal Musical Instrument.

INSTRUMENTS | Instruments Asian

Introduction

Sarangi comes with a rich background of Indian musical tradition. Earlier, it was extensively used as a folk instrument. The short-necked fiddle fretless, bowed string instrument from the Indian subcontinent. This is the most versatile instrument. It can create every shades of musical notes which accompany with vocal music of any classical Indian musical gharana like dhrupad, khayal, thumri, tappa, bhajan, ghazal, with exact texture and techniques.

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Category: INSTRUMENTS

Guitar the Western fretted instrument

Guitar, the beginning and journey

African Mandole Fretted Instrument

Didgeridoo the sound of Australia

The History And Evolution Of The Oud, the Unique Instrument.

Introduction

A Brief Introduction To The Sarangi, India’s Royal Musical Instrument.

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