Sound of music
- POSTED ON: 13 Jul, 2018
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- POSTED BY: Madhuvanti S. Krishnan
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Have you ever tried playing a musical instrument — trumpeting away on a toy trumpet or having a go at your elder brother’s drum set? But, do you know the sheer variety of musical intsruments available around the world?
Try your hand at this picture shuffle puzzle depicting three instruments- Marimba, Snare drum, and Veeragase. How quickly can you solve the puzzle?
Marimba: The marimba is a percussion instrument consisting of a set of wooden bars struck with mallets called knobs to produce musical tones. Resonators or pipes suspended underneath the bars amplify their sound. It is thought that the marimba was adapted from an old myth of the Zulus, where the goddess Marimba made an instrument with wooden keys held over hollowed out gourds and hit with beaters. The name is thought to have originated from this. Sebastian Hurtado is credited with adapting the marimba, which was introduced to the Americas by African slaves, by removing the hollowed gourd and replacing them with wooden resonator pipes.
Snare drum: Snare drums or side drums are often used in orchestras, concert bands, marching bands, parades, and more. It is one of the central pieces in a drum set. Did you know that the snare drum became a member of the orchestra approximately two centuries ago? In Italy, the snare drum is referred to as a tamburo piccolo, which means ‘little drum’.
Trombone: The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate. Some say that Beethoven and other composers described the trombone as the “Voice of God”. This may have been due to the ability of the trombonist to achieve perfect intonation at all times.
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