Different musical instruments sounds different but one thing is common in them is that, they have soothing effect on our souls. Let’s take a look on some of the most popular musical instrument of the world. Their origin and much more.

A tabla is a pair of twin hand drums from the Indian subcontinent. Instrument Family: Drum, Percussion. Place of Origin: India, Pakistan

The saxophone is the only instruments in wide use today known to be invented by single individual. His name is Adolphe Sax: that is why it is called the saxophone.

Guitar is plucked stringed musical instrument that is originated in Spain in 16th century.

Rabab is a lute-like musical instrument. The rabab is one of the national musical instrument of Afghanistan, Pakistan areas inhabited by Pashtun and Baloch, and also played by Sindhi people in Sindh, by Kashmiri people in Kashmir, and by Sikhs of the Punjab.

Instrument family: String Instruments, Fiddle, Violin Family. Place of Origin: Italy. Invented in 16th century.

Instrument Family: Wind Instrument, Woodwind instruments. Place of Origin: France. Inventor: Theobald Boehm.

Piano was invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700.

Instrument Family: Percussion. They first came about in Neolithic cultures originating from China.

A kind of a portable wooden box, it was originated in West Bengal, India.
There are many more musical instrument apart from which I mentioned above. When you listen to all or one of them, then only you will come to know how they sound, their melody. Every musical instrument is unique.
Wish you a melodious weekend.
Ramneet Kaur






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