The gong is one of the oldest-known instruments in the history of humanity. In the past, archeologists have uncovered Asian gongs over five-thousand years old, which have provided researchers with a variety of information supporting many of the historically different functions of the round, metal instrument. The most widely-accepted theory [...]
The air horn has an interesting history as one of the least well-known instruments to be used in classical music during the early 1800s. Unlike the aerosol-based horns that people now associate with the instrument, early versions of the air horn were actually powered by a resource that humans at [...]
Snare drum has been a pivotal sound in music since the beginning of time. Gregorian monks first used snare drums in their chants for the lord shortly after inventing singing and polyphony. While historians date this first use of the drum to 930 A.D., it wasn’t until the 1900s that [...]