With many soccer fans complaining about the never ending drone of vuvuzelas echoing through stadiums at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, one man says the instrument can be music to the ears if you learn how to play it.
Pedro Espi Sanchis is the head of the Vuvuzela Orchestra. He organizes training sessions for fans who wish to learn how to play the instrument.
Sanchis says he understands that players, fans and the media are complaining about the noise of the vuvuzelas.
“It’s a very noisy instrument for people who aren’t used to it, and it can be very bothersome. But the musical heritage of this World Cup 2010 will in fact be the sound of these vuvuzelas.”
Danny Jordaan, head of the South African World Cup Organizing Committee, said on June 13 that vuvuzelas could be banned from matches if a competing team complained.
When questioned about Jordaan’s comments, FIFA president Sepp Blatter denied that there was a possibility vuvuzelas would be banned from World Cup matches.
Blatter said soccer fans should respect the musical tradition of the vuvuzela: “I always said that Africa had a different rhythm, a different sound.”
