MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

There are a whole lot of musical instruments designed to create different desired effects in music. There are:

• Percussion instruments
• String instruments
• Woodwind instruments
• Brass instruments
• Keyboard instruments

PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS:

Sounds are produced through our percussion instruments either by striking them or shaking them. Examples are bass drum, conga drum, cymbal, Tom-Tom, snare drum, marimba, tambourine, triangle, vibraphone, xylophone, gong, maracas, chimes, bongo drums, timpani e.t.c.

STRING INSTRUMENTS:

String instruments can be played either by plucking, picking, strumming or bowing. Examples are guitar, banjo, cello, violin, viola, double bass, electric guitar, Hawaiian guitar e.t.c.

WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS:

Sounds are produced through the wood wind instruments either by blowing through a mouth piece or a reed. Examples are clarinet, flute, English horn, recorder, piccolo, saxophone, oboe, bassoon, ocarina, harmonica e.t.c.

BRASS INSTRUMENTS:

To play a brass instrument, one needs to blow and vibrate the lips through a metal mouth piece. However to change pitch on a brass instrument like trombone, the slide is moved in and out while on the trumpet and French horn, a combination of fingerings and lip tension (embouchure) are used to alter the pitch. Examples are trombone, trumpet, tuba, French horn e.t.c.

KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS:
Sounds are produced through these instruments by playing keys. Examples are upright piano, accordion, grand piano, organ, synthesizer, harpsichord e.t.c

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MUSIC FROM MY OWN PERSPECTIVE

Music is a means of connecting to the supernatural; It is a powerful medium through which the supernatural flows through the physical and mortal state of man. I remember talking to my students about music as a gift from God revealing grace from a source which cannot really be explained by human reasoning.

For those graced and gifted in music, you see them perform good music while they really can't explain what they are doing. I've seen cases where a singer likewise an instrumentalist was approached after a period of performance in a concert and asked questions like; 

• What school of training did you go through?
• What are the training materials you work with?
• Please can you teach me stuffs?

And what I just see in response to the questions is a smile and words like;

• I didn't go to a music school,
• I don't have any training material I work with yet,
• I'm sorry I may not be able to explain whatever I did back on the stage.

Hmmm...., then I began to wonder back then how possible that was until I got to realize that some people didn't really work for the little they can express when it comes to music. This reveals the supernatural place of music. However, we also have people that were never gifted in the area of singing or playing any musical instrument but developed strong passion for music over time.

My advice to anyone that falls in any of these category is that you give in to training because whatever you do today has been worked on before by musicians and there is almost an explanation to all the so-called magics you perform on the stage.

With my knowledge about music over the years from study and researches coupled with the grace and gifts bestowed upon me in music, I will help explain some tips about music here on my site while you can also contact me for deeper knowledge. Enjoy!

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• Learn the rudiments of music
• Learn how to play the piano
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• Learn music appreciation
• Train your voice
• Train your ear
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• Need a music director/ choir instructor

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