Electric and Digital Musical Instruments

Electric and Digital Musical Instruments Using Piano Keyboards

By Mike Shaw 

A keyboard is the part with which some musical instruments are played. The keyboards are the key to these instruments. Musical instruments like piano and synthesizer are two of the musical instruments that are played with a keyboard. The keyboards earlier used mechanical devices to produce sound but the modern keyboards are electronic. Starting from the traditional pianos to the modern day synthesizer all are dependent on the keyboard.

Some of the earliest keyboard instruments that were in use were pipe organ, clavichord, hurdy gurdy and harpsichord. Among these the organ is the oldest keyboard instrument. The keyboards are also portable these days. Keyboards today are electronic and the traditional forms of keyboards are almost obsolete today.

Again in the 20th century, electronic keyboard instruments were developed. There was a search for an instrument that would sound like a piano

Why Electric Violins Increase in Popularity

By Hailey Alton 

Specifically targeting violin enthusiasts, the new generation of Electric Violins consists of easy to use, new age musical instruments for both amateur and seasoned musicians. This new range of Electric Violins is designed to deliver strong expressive sounds that are loud enough to be heard from any angle or position when a band is playing live on stage. It is an undeniable fact that these Electric Violins have been superbly engineered, so that the original violin sound is still maintained with a great deal of precision. The electric violin also come with an additional, new and very interesting option commonly known as the silent play feature, which allows the violins to be played silently using a system that records the notes played, which can then be read from an SD card.

Electric violins are also equipped with some built-in electronic pickup sounds. This is yet another feature that contribute to the efficiency of these popular violins, and owing to which this instrument can now even contribute to jazz and blues music styles. Moreover, newly designed electronic instruments like the violin have a solid body which is specially crafted to eliminate sound feedback from resonances caused by body designs of earlier versions of the eclectic violins. The new generation of instrument is capable of producing much sharper sounds than their non-electric counterparts, thus making them the much preferred option in contemporary music genres like rock and pop in which violin sounds have only recently been introduced and experimentation is ongoing.

Many electric violins have in fact been designed using the same basic principles that were implemented on electric guitars, where the sounds first pass through a kind of sound processor to remove distortions and other feedbacks from the input sound to produce a much clearer sound output. The latter feature, with which the slick and novel violins are equipped, greatly resolve tuning issues and reduce tuning time and hassles. After all, a fine tuned violin generates better music; hence yet another reason to opt for a new instrument. Indeed, many electric violins from esteemed companies are designed as such that the musical sound and use of the instrument is a technology revolution in itself.

Moreover, the bodies of these many new state of the art violins are neatly mounted, using wood, glass, carbon fibers and Kevlar, all of which are materials that have been meticulously selected due to their light weight properties. The designs of the new instruments are so diverse that some of them come with extra features such as frets, additional strings and other sophisticated types of strings that can produce very unique sounds. It is precisely for these reasons that the new violins are growing extremely popular and becoming the favorites of most new age violin players.

After all, the aim most makers wish to achieve in designing these new models of electric violins is to suit the diverse needs and musical tastes of modern violin players, particularly as the violin tune is being introduced into different musical styles these days. Nevertheless, if you are used to the traditional instrument, you will certainly need a few days of practice and fine tuning of your skills in order to adapt to the new capabilities of electric violins.

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