Music has come a long way in history - and it’s got a long way to go. What it might sound like in the future...

Music has been around forever - but we keep finding new instruments. 

The piano, first known as the pianoforte, evolved from the harpsichord around 1700. The electric guitar didn’t hit the stage until the 1930’s. So what’s next? New instruments are perpetually in development. We already have robot guitars that tune themselves and cutting edge silent drums, a flexible membrane that changes pitch, no sticks required. 

Experts predict that future instruments may transcend what we think of as music and instruments today. New technology will allow artists to “move” their music, generating sound through location tracking data, turning their movements into song. And that technology won’t be limited to humans. We could theoretically hook it up to anything that moves, making your dog or even your vacuum cleaner future Grammy contenders.