| Playing music is an art that not many people know. To | | | | orchestras. |
| the ones who do, it is a wonderful pastime. And not | | | | 3. Flute: |
| only a pastime, many prefer it to be their source of | | | | This instrument is around 40,000 or 35,000 years old. A |
| income too. When you talk about the most popular | | | | common belief is that flutes originated in Europe. The |
| musical instrument, the piano comes first. You will find it | | | | oldest flute had three holes in it and was made from a |
| in nearly every house in America. Today, different | | | | mammoth's tusk. Today, flutes are usually silver-plated. |
| piano accessories like piano lights, piano benches and | | | | They are popular because they produce a soothing |
| House of Troy lights are very common. They provide | | | | sound that pleases the soul and calms the mind. |
| an improved appearance to the instrument and thus, | | | | 4. Clarinet: |
| the player enjoys playing it. After piano, there are | | | | The clarinet was created 700 years ago somewhere |
| many other instruments which are popular among the | | | | between the Islamic and Asian countries. The sound it |
| people. Few of them are as follows in descending | | | | creates is quite similar to a saxophone. Introduced in |
| popularity: | | | | Europe as folk instruments, clarinets are the 4th most |
| 1. Guitar: | | | | popular musical instruments of the present. There are |
| The classical guitar has its roots in Spain. The | | | | many different kinds of sounds that a clarinet can |
| six-stringed instrument was derived by the Spanish. | | | | create. Plus, it belongs to the woodwind family and is |
| The guitar is played using a plectrum or finger-nails, | | | | usually played to create jazz music. |
| with frets set into the fingerboard. Guitars are more | | | | 5. Cornet: |
| common to the young generation. Today, there are | | | | The cornet is a lot like a trumpet and a post horn. In |
| many kinds of guitars. The two main types are electric | | | | earlier times, this instrument was used to signal the |
| and acoustic (hollow). Choosing one depends on what | | | | arrival of a royal prince or a mail wagon. This |
| kind of music you like. For the ones who like rock, | | | | instrument differs from a trumpet in a few ways. It has |
| electric guitars are great, and for those who prefer | | | | a more conical bore with a more compact shape, and |
| classical music, a hollow guitar is best. | | | | produces a mellower sound. |
| 2. Violin: | | | | 6. Harmonica: |
| The origin of violins goes all the way to the medieval | | | | This instrument is mainly used in American folk music. |
| times: Renaissance and early Barouque. There are | | | | The instrument has multiple reeds inside it, and air is |
| four categories of this instrument; violins, violas, cellos, | | | | blown from the mouth to create sounds. The pressure |
| and double basses. Each of these has four strings | | | | you create from the air makes the reeds vibrate and |
| attached in order of the pitch. Violin and viola are | | | | produce a sound. Today, the harmonica is an |
| played with the instrument placed on the shoulder, with | | | | instrument that is most common to young people, |
| chin supporting it. Today, violins are very popular in | | | | especially teens and pre teens. |