FREE ESSAY ON THURSDAY'S CONCERT

THURSDAY'S CONCERT

Thursday we had an Andean concert. Condor Conspiracy, a five member group, played. Two of
the members have played for us before. The group played a variety of instruments like the
bomba, the flute, the armadillo ukulele and the pan pipes. The songs they played were
very simple, and almost even boring. It was earthy sounding. The songs sounded a little
like hippie music. However, I appreciated that they did tell us the name of each song,
and provided background information, which keeps me interested and helps hold my
attention. For example, the armadillo ukulele is the only instrument with a minor tuning.
Also, the pan pipes are tuned by dropping lentils one by one in the pipes. 
My favorite part of the concert was the rain forest song. It imitated the rain forest
throughout the day, starting out quiet, growing slowly, and ending quiet again. One
instrument started, and they added more one by one, then back slowly to the original
instrument. 
In conclusion, I enjoyed the concert. It wasn't as great as some of the other concerts
we've had this year, but it was interesting. I guess I'm just not a big Andean music fan.