Adventures of Raghu - Music in the outdoors!

“This is going to be one hell of an outdoor music station!” cried out Raghu excitedly to Dev, as he tied a string between two branches of the tree. Exams were finally over and Raghu’s favourite cousin Dev was over from Bombay to spend a few weeks with the family.

Raghu and Dev were about the same age and both particularly loved the outdoors and music. They would spend most vacations together either climbing trees, bicycling into the forest or creating music with all kinds of self created instruments. Whether recycled materials like cans, bottles, utensils or shells, hollow bamboos, and mud pots, they used almost anything that they could make sounds with to create all kind of tunes and beats. 

“When you both are home, the house is like a jamming station!” Raghu’s mother would always say. “Why don’t you both create your very own music station in the garden outside, so that we all can have some peace here.” Raghu and Dev had thought it was a great idea and had decided to begin work on it immediately.

In the garden today were plastic bottles, tin cans, lids of food cans, caps of bottles, old spoons and finally bells that Raghu had taken from his sisters old ghungroos that his mom was ready to dispose. “Let’s get to work Dev” said Raghu as he tied the ends of the strings across two branches of the tree and hung the various objects on, which they had painted earlier in the day.

The bells were tied in some of the objects like the tin can and bottle lid to give it an additional tune.

They began testing each instrument, understanding the sounds each one made and then using it to create their very own music.

“Let’s make some music and perform infront of the family tonite!” suggested Raghu to Dev excitedly.