Z (again!)

While doing the April challenge, towards the end I was reflecting on how the posting will evolve afterwards and guess what? I found a new challenge :) This time it is linked with May and it is the backwards alphabet challenge. It made me think on how to approach this in a more creative way, in providing me an extra thrill, thus I decided to concentrate on music, this being a very important part of my life. I have never been very musical, my first real experience with music was in school when my teacher told me that 'God bless that the class has windows! They could be used in case the doors are closed since your colleagues need an exit while you sing'. That was a very hurtful statement and for a while I did not trust myself to sing much. But somehow music has always been there and in time I started to develop my interest, I listened to a large variety of artists and I let music be part of me. This is the reason why I would like to share with you a collection of my favourite artists and give you some interesting hints on known instruments and add some unusual ones. I hope you will enjoy my selection, for sure I will while researching for this challenge. Plus May and music go well together right? :)

First artist Z Z Top, my husband guessed it in blink of an eye!



And the instrument?

Zither.

A short definition: the family name of all instruments which have strings stretched across a box. A popular instrument in central Europe composed of a flat sound box with about 30 to 40 strings stretched over it and played horizontally with the fingertips, a plectrum, or a bow, or set into vibration by the wind, as in the Aeolian harp.

A brief sample of the sound, pretty interesting!

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