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History of Music Instruments

Bagpipes are thought to have been used in ancient Egypt. The bagpipe was the instrument of the Roman infantry while the trumpet was used by the cavalry. Bagpipes existed in many forms in many places around the world. In each country the basic instrument was the same, a bag with a chanter and one or ...

Ukulele History

In 1879, the Portuguese master craftsman and instrument maker Manuel Nunes arrived in the Hawaiian Islands with Joao Fernandes and Augustine Dias. They were immigrants who came to work in the sugar ca...

Harp History

Five thousand years ago the first harp was made. Primitive harps were found in the tombs of the Egypt Pharaohs. The Biblical references, also bow shaped artifacts from Ancient Greece. Some harps and l...

Bass History

Considering the lengthy history of the guitar, it is surprising that it took until the 1950s for the bass guitar to reach its full potential. The upright bass was what bands had to work with for the f...

Harmonica History

The history of the harmonica, as we know it today, is an amazing tale which begins in the year 1821. It was then that sixteen-year-old Christian Friedrich Buschmann registered the first European paten...

Electric Guitar History

Engineers began experimenting with electrically powered instruments, such as music boxes and player pianos, in the 1800s. But the first attempts at an amplified instrument did not come until the devel...

Drums history

The concept of drums are as old as mankind. A drum is called a membranophone, or an instrument that creates sound by striking a stretched membrane with some type of object, usually a rounded stick. Dr...

Guitar History

While the guitar may have gained the bulk of its popularity as a musical instrument during the modern era, guitar-like instruments have been in existence in numerous cultures throughout the world for ...

Saxophone History

For decades, the saxophone has been the voice of jazz. It's the soulful wail and upbeat jump that have made the saxophone a staple in the world of music. However, the saxophone started out in mili...

Trumpet History

The trumpet is simply an extension of the idea of amplifying one's own voice. While it contains rich, pure sounds all its own, it is interesting to note the history and ideas of the trumpet, and i...

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