Think you know everything there is to know about music? Prepare to be blown away as we take a look at some of the most interesting, unbelievable facts about musicians and the music industry!
1. The World’s Oldest Surviving Song was Performed About 3,400 Years Ago;
Have you ever wondered what the oldest song in the world is? The fact is, with such a long history, much of it lost, we’ll never know. But what we do know is that the oldest surviving song is the Hurrian Hymn Text H6. French archaeologists discovered Twenty-six clay tablets containing text in the ancient Syrian city of Ugarit in the early 1950s. They appear to include “a complete cult hymn and is the oldest preserved song with notation in the world.”
2.Some Instruments are Much Older That You Think;
What we think of as a flute is usually made of metal by a machine. But they are much older than they let on. In fact, the oldest surviving musical instruments are all flutes, some carved from bird bones, others from mammoth ivory. Discovered in a stone-age cave in Germany in 2012, these flutes are thought to be at least 42,000 years old! That means they were already a part of music history when the Hurrian Hymns were carved into their clay tablets
3. Even Silence Can Count As Music;
It’s a little counterintuitive, sure, but it’s true! In 1952, experimental composer Joh Cage released a song titled “4’33.” The music instructed the musicians to sit still and do nothing for four minutes and thirty-three seconds. Cage’s idea was that any sound contained within a specific time period could be considered music. That meant that, for the length of the performance, the music was the sound of the audience’s surroundings and the audieienc itself.
4. The world's shortest song;
Believe it or not, the world’s shortest song is just 1.316 seconds long! "You Suffer" by Napalm Death is the world's shortest song. Blink and you'll miss it!
5. The power of music on memory;
Music can actually help improve your memory while studying! A study has shown that listening to music can help improve recall and memory performance. So next time you study, don't forget to put on some tunes!
6. The first music ever recorded
The first music ever recorded was "Au Clair de la Lune" by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville in 1860. A phonautograph was used to record it. It is a device that can visually record sound waves.
7. Music and exercise.
Listening to music while exercising can actually improve your performance! A study has shown that listening to fast-paced music can help you exercise longer and harder.
Listening to music while exercising can actually improve your performance! A study has shown that listening to fast-paced music can help you exercise longer and harder.
INTERESTING Music History
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (Official Video)
Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody is, without a doubt, one of the most beloved songs in history. Maybe that’s why he came in first place in the British sales parade in 4 different years. How did this weird thing happen, you ask? The song first occupied the top of the charts on November 8, 1974, and stayed there for nine weeks, that is, until January 1975. After the death of Freddie Mercury, the song was re-released as a single (along with the song These Are the Days of Our Lives) on December 5. 1991 and stayed in first place for five long weeks until January 1992.
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