What is an interesting fact about music?
11 The most number of people to play a single piano at the same time is 23 people. 12 Thomas Silkman has changed the most number of guitar strings in a single hour. 13 Daddy Yankee is the first Latin artist to become Number One on Spotify. 14 The song Despacito holds seven world records of its own.
Did you know facts of music?
Americans spend more than four hours a day listening to music. “Lose Yourself” by Eminem is the first rap song to win an Oscar. The most expensive musical instrument in the world is a Stradivarius violin, with one being sold for $15.9 million. A person’s heartbeat mimics the beat of the music he or she is listening to.
Who started music?
They usually put forward several answers, including crediting a character from the Book of Genesis named Jubal, who was said to have played the flute, or Amphion, a son of Zeus, who was given the lyre. One popular story from the Middle Ages credits the Greek philosopher Pythagoras as the inventor of music.
What are some facts about the music industry?
Music fast facts. The harmonica is the world’s best-selling music instrument. The U.S. music industry generates more than $16 billion, 50% of which is in online music. Globally, the music industry generates more than $40 billion. To win a gold disc, an album needs to sell 100,000 copies in Britain, and 500,000 in the United States.
What’s the timeline of the history of music?
The Music Timeline (18000 BC to 1952) 18000 BC – The bones of a wooly mammoth were used to make a musical instrument in Ukraine. 4000 BC – Flutes and harps played in Egypt. 2000 BC – The first song was written in cuneiform, in Mesopotamia.
Where was the first piece of music made?
800 BC – Choral music develops in Greece. Musicians called Rhapsodes travel across cities. 600 BC – Indian music – the veena appears. It is the ancestor of hollow instruments. 1550 – Renaissance- Violin is made in Italy. 1598 – The first opera is produced.
What are some interesting facts about musical instruments?
#6: Telharmonium is an earliest known music synthesizer or “musical telegraph” that laid the foundation of modern day synthesizers. #7: All the musicians in an orchestra have to tune their musical instruments to Stuttgart pitch at 440 Hz, the frequency of the musical note A4 on a standard 88 key piano.