“Music connected us” - this is sung in one very famous song! In fact, we are constantly accompanied by various sounds, the environment is so diverse that even a song of birds can be composed. And you can’t get away from the sounds. Whatever a man invented to entertain himself! And music is far from the last way to have fun. She is pertinent always and in everything. Sharing with us joy and sadness, happiness and sadness, days and nights ...
It is impossible to say when the first musical instrument appeared. Even the Greek gods, as legend has it, came up with a shepherd’s pipe. However, no one knows if this is true. Primitive people spent the whole significant part of their life making music: clapping, drumming, and dancing. Thus, it can be argued that the first among various types of musical devices was a percussion musical instrument. Over time, wind instruments were also made from animal horns . A person is constantly evolving and comes up with something new, this also applies to tools. Creating more gentle sounds, bow instruments soon appeared.
From the foregoing, we can conclude that what is a musical instrument. First of all, these are objects with the help of which
musical works are performed with the involvement of various musical and non-musical sounds.
Musical instruments have a clear difference in design, timbre and type of sound, as well as in the method of obtaining sound. Each of them has a certain device for obtaining the necessary sound. In this regard, the classification of musical instruments appeared. Over time, it becomes more extensive, and many acoustic instruments are replaced by electronic ones, but there is nothing better than live music. Any body brought in one way or another into motion or oscillation is capable of creating sound. It is the type of sound source that is the basis for classification. Forming groups of instruments, subgroups are distinguished that are formed depending on the method of obtaining sound.
Percussion musical instruments. They first appeared when hunting was in full swing. By hunting another animal, and then drying its skin, it was possible to easily make a drum or a tambourine; they were actively used in rituals and military operations. However, a percussion musical instrument cannot be made from only one skin; various hollow objects were necessary for its creation: a shell of large fruits, wooden blocks, which were later replaced with
clay pots.In order to get a sound, it was enough to beat them with palms, fingers or special devices, for example, with sticks. Thus, a percussion musical instrument is a group of instruments that reproduces sounds by striking or shaking, using hammers. Sticks or palms are also attracted.
The largest family has a direct percussion musical instrument.