Introduction
We love songs, don’t we? Similarly birds love songs as well. They make their own songs by singing in their beautiful and melodious voices and love listening to other bird's songs. Humans have been smart enough to collect and record these songs and listen to them like other normal songs. Bird songs do sound like our normal music. It is believed that people were inspired by bird music and hence the advent of music and songs. The tunes birds developed inspired humans. One can learn to understand these songs and thus observe and enjoy nature more closely and deeply.
History
Since the 17th century various composers from different parts of the world have been captivated and awestruck by the fine quality songs these little flying creatures sing. The amazement did not let them resist the urge of recording those harmonious songs and composing similar tunes themselves through the help of musical instruments. Some of the many musical instruments used in the music industry and everywhere else are actually instruments that mimic the sounds of birds and allow us to produce bird music for example, the flute. The development of songs and music industry was greatly inspired by the bird music. This claim can be proved by the huge number of songs that have incorporated bird sounds and music.
Features
One of the many examples of early songs that used bird sounds in its music is Janequin’s “Le Chant Des Oiseaux”. People also recorded the bird music when birds sung the songs. There are numerous collections of such bird songs of different birds from all over the world. Some recordings include American Crow, Canada Goose, Scarlet Tanager, Nothern Mockingbird and Tropical Parula. Birds use songs to communicate. Hence the song that travels the largest distance reaches the maximum number of birds, delivering its message to each one them and therefore is considered the best bird music. Songs of the Super Lyrebird and Kakapo are considered to travel the largest distance of as far as four miles. Some birds use their singing ability to scare other birds away. Some birds communicate with others by singing in a chorus which is quite a remarkable thing. They sing all the high and the low notes together and not a single bird disrupts the unison. Composers have made songs for birds as well. The best song for a bird, among many others, is conisdered to be “Peter and the Wolf”, a classical music track by Claudio Abbado.
Tips and comments
The study and research in this particular field is complex and probably never ending because the birds keep on producing new sounds and increasing their music vocabulary. This evolution of music notes in this specie is incredible. Each bird has the ability of make new sounds by mixing old ones or imitating sounds of other animals. It would not be wrong to say that birds are the expert of music. Clearly they are the reason and inspiration behind the various songs we listen to today. Give these little creatures their due credit and enjoy melodious bird music the next time you sit in a garden.
