If you are unfamiliar with the history and types of accordions, we recommend reading our article on how an accordion is made and how it works. Now, we’d like to share some tips for those looking to learn how to play this instrument. The first step to properly playing the accordion is undoubtedly adopting the...
How many have received a harmonica as a gift during their childhood? Perhaps it’s no longer as fashionable today. For many, however, it was their first approach to the world of music, along with the inevitable recorder (or the melodica…) for compulsory school.Often, we stopped at playing “Oh Susanna” before abandoning it in a drawer;...
The recorder is a wooden musical instrument belonging to the aerophone family. It is commonly referred to as a whistle instrument because the sound is generated when air, channeled through a specific duct, is directed against a surface called the labium. The Soprano Recorder The soprano recorder is the most well-known version, often studied in...
The saxophone (or sax, as it is more commonly known) has entered the collective imagination and captured the hearts of music lovers, despite being a relatively recent invention compared to most musical instruments. Its versatility is its strength, making it suitable for all musical genres and any imaginable context: from military bands to jazz, from...
Musical doctrine and the physics of sound define the accordion as a free-reed aerophone instrument. Its operation and sound production occur through the compression of the bellows—essentially the accordion’s heart—which directly vibrates metal reeds at its ends. To produce different sounds, the accordion uses two keyboards, and depending on the type (as there are many...
The clarinet is a wind musical instrument, technically classified as part of the woodwind family.It features a single-reed mouthpiece and an indirect embouchure. Structure of the Clarinet The clarinet consists of five main parts, interconnected through special cork seals.This material, thanks to its technical properties, is ideal for such devices: it provides excellent adhesion between...
The trumpet is a musical instrument belonging to the family of aerophones, more specifically to the subgroup of brass instruments, where it holds the position of the highest-pitched instrument. The distinctive sound of the trumpet is bright and powerful, making it a staple in many different musical genres. Its origins are ancient. Continue reading to...
The clarinet is an instrument whose functional principle is based on a single reed. This type of musical instrument is not exactly a modern invention in the literal sense. The earliest version of an instrument featuring a single reed can be traced back thousands of years, as far as 2700 BC. Historians and archaeologists attribute...
