If music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it,” said Shakespeare.
Indeed, you can never have enough of it. Music, both vocal and instrumental, has been the earliest form of communication and entertainment. Whether you’re feeling blue or happy, lonely or merry, wish to entertain or be entertained, music is the answer.
Did you ever wonder how music instruments came to be? In the old days, they were used to indicate rituals and for communication — the blaring of a horn by a hunter at the start of a hunt, or tribal people beating drums to send out a message.
In Africa, for instance, drums were used for “talking”. People sent information and signals with the beating of the drums. With the passage of time, instruments were also used to entertain.
Various instruments like the veena, sitar, and flute were invented in ancient civilisations across Egypt, parts of Asia, India, and China. In Europe, as musical instruments began to change during the Renaissance, the idea of groups of musicians coming together to perform became popular. With the advance of technology, instruments too have evolved. Today, electric guitars, pianos and synthesizers are in vogue.
