Dulcimer History More extensive research has been made since 1980, tracing the development of the instrument throughout several distinctive time periods. In addition, the dulcimer seems to share ...

Tambourine Definition, Information, and History of Tambourine Musical Instrument What is a Tambourine? The tambourine is probably one of the easiest and most fun musical instruments to play anywhere ...

The Influence of Reggae on UK Bands In the late 1970s, a UK band called The Police formed in London, England. In 1978, their album Outlandos d’Amour, which included huge hits like Roxanne and Can’t ...

Beethoven’s Siblings How many siblings did Beethoven have? Ludwig van Beethoven was the second of seven children born to his parents, Johnann van Beethoven and Maria Magdalena Keverich, the daughter ...

The Role of Music in Film and Television If you’re ever in doubt about the strength of influence music has on a film, try watching a favorite scene from a movie without the score. Better still, watch ...

Alternative: Rock The best way to describe the alternative scene is perhaps to refer to it as music that existed and still exists outside the mainstream music scene. But this is also somewhat ...

A harmony that increasingly stretched the boundaries of tonality by using augmented chords or extended chords like the 7th, 9th, 11th, and 13th. In this way, there was also the influence of early jazz ...

Jimmy Smith Jimmy Smith is unquestionably one of the biggest and most famous organ stars of the 60s. he is credited with releasing more than 100 eponymous records and he gained enough fame from these ...

Germany Classical Music Festivals Germany holds many well-established festivals, notably in the summer months. The Dresden Festival runs between 18th May – 18th June and has included some big names ...

Bagpipe Music Pieces Extraordinary as it may sound, there have been bagpipes in a vast array of forms for around 3,000 years. The instruments are known to have been used not only in Europe but in Asia ...

Characteristics of Folk Music To be completely clear from the outset of this article, the term ‘folk music’ covers an immensely broad and diverse selection of music from across the world. Quite ...

Sacred Classical Music Pieces Sacred music broadly covers music that has a religious focus at its heart. This is in opposition to what is termed secular music that tends to be centred around those ...