Some Curious Facts About Music

  Music is inspiration, magic, and beauty. It’s present, in one way or another, in all our lives. Its origins are unknown, but it’s been suggested that the first melodies were made using the body itself as a percussion instrument and reciting the rhythms out loud. It’s believed that music was born simultaneously with language. In the beginning, instruments such as bones and stone were used to produce sounds. Later, drums appeared, made with natural materials, such as coconut shells. Then, came the string instruments and, finally, the wind instruments. Music is present in all societies on the planet and…