The ancients believed that the Earth was surrounded by celestial spheres, which produced divine music when they moved. We lived, so to speak, in a huge musical instrument. This may sound silly but ...
In 1914 Erich Moritz von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs published a taxonomy of musical instruments based on how an instrument’s sound is produced. Those that make a sound when a stretched membrane is ...
Before joining the brass band, I only thought of instrument sounds in terms of whether they were 'high or low'.Trumpets are high-pitched.Tubas are low-pitched.Flutes are somehow pretty.That was about ...