While browsing the world wide web for many more unique
traditional musical instruments around the world, I came across a blog that
talked about 10 highly unusual instruments from around the world. Among these
instruments are those that one normally can’t buy in stores. Why is that? Most
of these instruments were made from the performers themselves.
The topics that TED blogger Liz Jacobs bookmarked are
instruments, music, playlists, TEDTalks, and culture. Although this is part of
the TED Talk blogosphere it contains a lot of useful information in getting to
know the creators of these modern, new instruments. For each of the ten
instruments that are presented here in the blog by Jacobs there is a bookmark,
leaving the total amount of bookmarks by Jacobs to roughly ten. Blogger Jacobs
does not seem to bookmark frequently since her blog posts are not set in a
continuous nature. The tags, carefully labeled to be instruments, music,
playlists, and culture encompasses all of the interests that I have regarding
the many different musical instruments aroud the world and how culture is
influenced by music.
One interesting link that I came across via Jacobs’ blog is
about the TEDTalk presentation by Caroline Phillips. She talks about the Hurdy
gurdy, a stringed musical instrument that uses a crank-turned wheel to produce
sound. The instrument, upon first look, looks like a standard violin with
numerous attachments on the top, such as a keyboard, strings, and the wheel. By
having multiple drone strings the sound becomes similar to the bagpipes. The
instrument is primarily used in French, Hungarian, and Galician folk music.
Another link that Liz Jacobs shared that I thought was worth
noting is another TEDTalk, this time by Eric Whitacre. What makes this Talk
stand out as opposed to the other ones is Whitacre’s ability to use technology
to produce a song using 2,000 separate voices. People from all over the world
collaborated to make this stunning musical production by recording their own
vocal parts and posting them online for Whitacre to put together. This method
that he used could in fact revolutionize the way musical productions are made
using a mix of traditional and modern technological techniques.
These sources that are linked from Jacobs’ blog will help my
blog readers gain valuable information based on traditional and innovative
musical offerings. These links show the innovative side of our society in how
traditional instruments could be modified to produce something that has the
ability to completely revolutionize the musical industry.
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