Mike Jones
Dr. Klepsh
World Music
African rattle: Axatse There a many instruments throughout the world today. There are the modern and more commercialized noise makers that we are used to, and then the rudimentary type that have brought us through history to where we are today. They all are played with a unique style of their own and have the same goal in the end, to make and play music. It is exciting to look at the different types of original instruments and wonder how they can produce such beautiful sounds. Enjoyable, yet hard to understand. From they day we are born, we learn to appreciate the gift of hearing. It is a gift that helps us to understand noises, where they come from and to be more aware. Some noises are created into to music; a music that is produced from an instrument. An instrument that most of us grew up with called a rattle.
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