Page 179 - DK Children's Encyclopedia

First instruments
The first instruments were
Kalengo drum probably rattles and drums
from Nigeria made of wood or bone.
Instruments that make a
Around the world sound when you blow them
There are different types of appeared more than
music and musical instruments all 40,000 years ago.
over the world. Singing styles are
varied too. African music is often
very rhythmic and exciting, while Bone flute
Asian music emphasizes from around
the tune. 800 bce

Pan flute
from South
America Guiro from
Central
America
The longer the
pipe, the lower The sound the guitar
the sound makes is created by
it makes. turning these knobs,
which tighten or
Notes can be made loosen the strings.
by pressing the string
on the fingerboard and
plucking the strings
further down.
1932

The year the first Modern sounds
electric guitar
Gibson was sold. The first musical instruments
electric guitar made sounds when people
touched or blew them. Now we
also have instruments powered by
electricity. Modern synthesizers
can copy other instruments
Notation and make completely
Musicians write new sounds too.
music down using a
system of symbols called
musical notation. The dots
on and between the lines
tell the performer which
notes to play or sing.
This is the music
for “Twinkle Twinkle Synthesizer
Little Star.”
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