| Folk music is surely one of the oldest, melodic and | | | | which belongs to the aerophone family. Accordion |
| most wonderful types of music. It helps us | | | | is played by compressing or expanding the |
| express our culture, our inner feelings and our | | | | bellows while pressing the valves or pallets. The |
| identity. Aside from these, folk music also allows | | | | compression allows the air to flow across the |
| us to celebrate and enjoy our lives. | | | | brass or steel which is called reeds. After that, |
| Folk music is renowned for being vibrant and | | | | vibration will occur which will produce sound inside |
| enthusiastic but in some areas it's popularity | | | | the body of the instrument. |
| appears to be waning with the older instruments | | | | Banjo |
| no longer being taken up by youngsters, in favour | | | | The Banjo is an instrument with four or five |
| of electric and synthesized ones. | | | | strings. It is played by strumming the strings to |
| In order to recapture and intensify enthusiasm in | | | | cause the membrane of the plastic material to |
| the genre, it's important that some of the more | | | | vibrate and produce sound. |
| obscure and often home-made folk instruments | | | | Jews Harp |
| are not allowed to further fade into obscurity so | | | | The Jews Harp, also called as the Jaw or Mouth |
| pick one of these and have a go at making one | | | | Harp, is under the category of plucked idiophones. |
| at home, you'll be amazed at the rhythms you | | | | This instrument consists of a flexible metal or |
| can produce from everyday items. | | | | bamboo tongue that is attached to a frame. The |
| Washtub Bass | | | | bamboo tongue is placed in the player's mouth |
| The Washtub Bass or the Barrel Bass is a musical | | | | while the player plucks with the finger to produce |
| instrument that has one string that is plucked by | | | | a note. |
| a metal washtub to serve as a resonator. The | | | | Tambourine |
| string is tied at one end to the washtub and at | | | | The Tambourine is a small single-headed frame |
| the other end to the stick or staff which is made | | | | drum that consists of a shallow wooden ring |
| of wood. Like playing a Bass Guitar, the player will | | | | surrounded by jingles. This instrument can be |
| fret the string while plucking it. | | | | played in a huge variety of ways such as striking |
| Musical Washboard | | | | the head with the palm knuckles or closed fist, by |
| The Musical Washboard is a percussion instrument | | | | shaking or by using drumsticks. |
| which is played by scratching or tapping the metal | | | | Tambura |
| washing surface following a certain rhythm. Most | | | | The Tambura is a long necked plucked flute and a |
| of the time, several bands add other instruments | | | | stringed instrument as well. This instrument sort |
| such as cymbals, lunch bells, cow bells and wood | | | | of resembles the Sitar, the only difference is that |
| blocks to the wooden part of the washboard. | | | | it has no frets, only open strings. It has four or |
| Accordion | | | | five strings which are plucked in a regular rhythm |
| The Accordion, which is sometimes referred to as | | | | to create a melodic note. |
| a squeezebox, is a box-shaped musical instrument | | | | So get out their and make some noise. |