Today has been fun. Learnt about the classification of instruments (organology they call it) into 4 groups: aerophones, ideophones, membranophones and chordophones. You don’t really want to know what they all mean (do you???) But did you know that there’s a dewey decimal system for the classification of all the instruments of the world? Well, neither did I! This afternoon, I was totally gobsmacked by Tuvan Throat Singing, with the most amazing harmonics you’ve ever heard. Have a listen at: http://www.101cd.com/detail.aspx?productid=14980 Tomorrow, as a bit of light relief, we’re all off to the Musikmesse, a music exhibition in Frankfurt. Should be fun, and I hope to find a battery-powered microphone mixer for recording in Benin. Watch this space! |