Sony launched the first CD player in October 1982; however American scientist James Russel conceived the blueprint of the device many years ago. Being, a music lover Russel often felt dissapointed with the poor quality vinyl records. This inclined him towards developing a photosensitive device to record music. He worked ardently in the 1970s to [...]

‘Rock’ a genre of popular music, entered the mainstream in the 1950s. It traces its origins in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, rock and roll, country music and also influenced folk music, jazz and classical music. The rock often sounds like the electric guitar, a back beat realized by a drums, rhythm section of [...]

Violin is a stringed instrument having four stringed wires usually tuned in perfect fifths. It is a highest-pitched member of string instruments’ family, also including viola and cello. The latest European violin developed from different bow shaped stringed instruments received as legacy of the Middle East and the Byzantine Empire. Most probably the original crafters [...]

A guitar is a musical instrument composed of strings and wooden frame. The origin of guitar comes from Spain and it is believed to have been invented by Malaga people. The early guitars were very small strung with four pair of strings. The guitar was never respected like the lute during the Renaissance period and [...]

The Bossa Nova is a Brazilian style of music that is closely related to Jazz and is known for its off key interpretations where the melody is often sung at a higher range than the instrument. The Bossa Nova is known for its swaying motion rather than the swinging motion of Jazz and Samba. Brazil is a Portuguese speaking country located in the [...]

Rap music is a style of poetic rhyming set to a heavy beat often including a chorus sung by another performer in the style of traditional pop, rhythm and blues. Rap music is primarily an American medium of music but in recent years has boosted onto the world stage and rappers can now be found in almost every [...]