Strange Things used to Create Music
Music can be created with anything, not just the traditional instruments. As long as you can create a sound, there is the potential for music. Here are a few interesting things other people have used to create music.
Household appliances. This may come as no surprise, considering how readily available many household appliances are. People have created some very interesting pieces of music using sounds from their home. From the beeping of a toaster oven to the hums of refrigerators, when put together some genuinely intriguing pieces of music have been created.
Office supplies. This may call to mind some old memories of students beating on the desk with pencils back in middle school, but creating music with office supplies is a fun way to add a little flair to your office job.
Produce. This one is a little surprising, but many people have created the most beautiful sounding instruments using fruits and vegetables. From handcrafted fronts to makeshift drums; It really brings into perspective the ingenuity and creativity of humans.
Bees. What better way to encapsulate the sounds of nature than by using bees to add to your music? While bees might not be the only things used to create the music in all its entirety, they have been used to add to the music. People have used animals and the sounds of nature to create music in the past, so while this is not particularly uncommon it does help provide a greater appreciation for the sounds we have naturally in our world.
There are many ways people have found to make music creatively. It just goes to show that beautiful and wonderful things can be created and that you don’t have to lock yourself into traditional methods to produce something truly astonishing.