Tagged With "instruments"

Thanks for the lesson in these instruments. It's amazing what I learn on this website everyday.

   Carnival season 2015 is in full swing. To the world Carnival may be most popular in Brazil, but Trinidad and Tobago has a massive celebration that may just be second biggest. The Carnival season starts immediately after the...

India tourism is filled with many incredible monuments that have stood the test of time and constantly been a source of study as well as inspiration for historians, sculptors, and scientists alike. A cradle of civilization, India has offered a lot to the modern word. The country’s glorious past has produced many marvellous forms of arts, architecture, music, and literature. One of the most visited countries in the world, this multicultural nation has always attracted visitors from the...

I recently attended a cultural evening at the National Archives complex in Rabat, Malta. The theme was a lecture and demonstration of original and traditional Maltese folk music instruments. One of the lecturers was a music historian from Ireland who...

I have heard them, and they sound fantastic!

Living as I do in Central Brooklyn, home of what's likely the largest-anywhere off-season (Labor Day) celebration of Carnival, I get to hear a lot of pan music, especially in August and early September...it's a great sound, and unfortunately sometimes drowned by the huge loudspeakers blasting out "commercial music" in the parade. But in the days and weeks before, and on the sides, it's wonderful. By the way, there's a real interesting history to pans--they developed in response to the...

Slightly off-topic, I once heard a steel band play classical music on accurately tuned instruments made for the purpose. I've looked but have never been able to find a recording of that ethereal sound. If anyone runs across one, please please let me know.

Originally Posted by PHeymont: Living as I do in Central Brooklyn, home of what's likely the largest-anywhere off-season (Labor Day) celebration of Carnival, I get to hear a lot of pan music, especially in August and early September...it's a great sound, and unfortunately sometimes drowned by the huge loudspeakers blasting out "commercial music" in the parade. But in the days and weeks before, and on the sides, it's wonderful. By the way, there's a real interesting history to pans--they...

For PortMoresby and everyone...Google "classical music on Steelpan" and you'll get a surprisingly large collection of hits, including this one, featuring a high school pan orchestra playing a Bach D-minor concerto:

Many thanks, PHeymont. I did, in fact, google my heart out and gave up several years ago, thinking it hopeless. There was nothing, so this tells me there's now more out there and I'll look again. Cheers!

A handsome group of young Buddhist monks posing with their instruments in the village of Khumjung, Nepal.