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No matter the genre of interest, every person in the world is affected by music. Sometimes music triggers a memory that is associated with a certain song, melody or sound, and a sense of nostalgia washes over you. For the most part though, music has the ability to make us happy. Although most people don’t know why. Read the rest of this entry »

Woodwinds, brass instruments… Every musician knows about these groups of instruments, included in symphony orchestra. But is it so simple? Of course no! It would be naive to believe, that, for example, flutes, oboes, clarinets and bassoons are made of wood. What the symphonic orchestra all the same consists of? Let’s see what materials made symphony orchestra.

Wood. In the old days it was a very popular material in making musical instruments. Flutes and oboes were making of the different types of wood. Usually it was a hard wood. For example can be found cherry flute or pear oboe. At the present time mutes for trumpets, sticks for percussion instruments and handpieces for them are making of wood.

Separately it is necessary to tell that each part of a violin (and other string instruments) should be made from certain breed of wood. Thus, one violin comprises some breeds from different parts of the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Why they compose music?

The first composers lived eight hundred years ago. During eight centuries music was composing. And today each moment some composers are writing music in a lot of points on Earth. But why do they do it? What motivation to composing music these people have? A little thought we can see the following motives:

Money.

Composing of music can be profitable? Yes, but only at special cases. For example: if a composer works on a film company and writes music for movies he can get good money. For example Dmitry Shostakovich and Georgy Sviridoff have made music for a lot of films. If some firm makes advertisement video this firm may order composing music from a composer, and he will get good honorary. Some people have opinion that music what made to order cant be good. It isn’t true. A lot of great composers, such as Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Igor Stravinsky, made music of genius to order. Writing of popular songs also may be profitable.

Self-expression.

Some composers write music because they feel necessity to express their soul and mind in musical language. These people get psychological satisfaction from composing.

Boredom.

If a person is able to write music, and he has nothing to make, he will write music perhaps. So, he will rid himself of boredom and may be will write something interesting. Read the rest of this entry »