Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Instrumental Music

Music that consists of no vocals is known as instrumental music. There are mainly 2 kinds of instrumental music, hip-hop and rock and roll. But you could cut off the words from any song and play the music, it is nothing but instrumental then.
Sometimes just music sounds soothing and relaxes the soul; you could hear it all day tirelessly and fall off to sleep. Infact instrumental music is the perfect way to put yourself to sleep. Even babies can be put to sleep with instrumental music instead of lullabies.
The music that is crafted is either of the DJ or the producer. The DJ breaks up the percussion from the funk and disco as the beats are what gets you to shake your leg. He would play 2 copies of a song and mix it on a turntable. Bringing beats of the song simultaneously keeping the rhythm and energy intact.
As the people began to applaud the music style, more and more got in to the profession of DJing. Sometimes the DJ would speak over the music, introducing himself and a little about the song. Slowly this transformed to rapping and the MC would rap away at the breaks of the music.
This in the modern world is known as rapping what the entire western world has taken up to it. The music beats here keep you going on and on and on, till the break of dawn.
Another style of instrumental music is rock and roll where many instruments or just a few that is a minimum of two instruments are used to create music. For instance Kennyh G is well known for playing the saxophone. He has had such a good hand at it and taste for music that he is renowned world over.
Other artists include Joe Satriani, The Venturers, Dick Dale, Steve Vai and Booker T.  who have earned themselves a reputation. Vanessa Mae is known for her violin skills. She plays till your heat melts. Other individuals include bands that have done successfully in instrumental music like Metallica, The Allman Brothers and Rush.
So around the globe be it the westerns or the Far East, be it individuals or groups instrumental music has created a niche for itself, with a market that is fairly balanced. Some music aficionados prefer a certain type of music by a certain type of instrument only.
Hence even in instrumental music there are inroads of instruments that solely play the main role. Some of them include piano, saxophone, guitar, sitar and the flute. These instruments played individually sound soothing and do not require another instrument for accompaniment. They can hold you by the ears as long as you want them to.
In India the tabla too has made a name for itself, professionals bend it to the best of any rhythm, infact there are some instrumental shows where the notes of one instrument is responded with another. So be it the tabla verses the sitar or the tabla verses the guitar, the symphony of music that flows can blow you off your feet.

2 comments:

Improvedliving said...

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Unknown said...

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