History of Progress in Music
History of Progress in MusicMusic has been around sense the dawn of time. When man first
started to discover music it was not the kind of music we have today.
All it consisted of was grunts, moans, and banging things. Music has
evolved just as much as the people that created it. From Chromagnum
men to musician and from grunting too classical music, rock, and
rap. The first people imitated music from nature. They mimicked the
sound from their every day life. It had no rhythm, beat, or tune it
was just noise, but later turned into what we now call music.
Ancient people used music for much more than entertainment they
used it in every day life. They would yell and scream during battle,
blow a horn as a warning, have ceremonies to honor the dead or bring
the rain, signal danger, to show your importance in society, it was
also used as a healing power. On the front lines of battle would be
a soldier that would be holding a drum or a flute. When this was a
common act the instruments would be spread around to different
cultures after a battle. This brought on a new way of looking at
music. Around the 16th century people started to collect instead of
play music.
A persons hands and feet were the first of all the instruments
and is still the most common, because every one has them. A persons
hands and feet were readily available, and easy to use. The drum is
the second most common percussion instrument. Like most of the other
instruments the drum was found by accident when someone hit a hallow
log with a stick. The hallowed out stumps then became drums that were
decorated. Drums were used for war or for signaling over long
distances. The drum was a common instrument because it was so easy to
use; all they had to do was strike it.
The second percussion instrument was the rattle. The rattle was
found later in the time when humans started to grow plants. It was
found accidentally when someone picked up a dried out gourd of some
sort and shook it. The ancient rattles were readily available because
the people that grew the plants were just learning how to grow plant
so they made many mistakes.
The harp has been around since humans have started to use tools.
The harp was founded during the hunt. The harp was first a bow used
for killing small animals but when early humans realized that it made
music it became the harp. The harp is an instrument surrounded in
myths from many different cultures. The ancient harps were all shapes
and sizes, from small hand held harps to large harps that were bolted
to the floor. The harps would sometimes have colored strings on it to
make...
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