Their strings once made of twisted silk, Chinese stringed instruments the zither, or guqin, and erhu have a long history.

The viola is a beautiful and versatile instrument that adds a rich tone to an orchestra or string ensemble. If you are a beginner who is eager to explore a new world of music or an experienced ...

Then in the early 2000s there was a nostalgia-filled revival of the instrument.

This is the sixth in a series of articles about classical Chinese instruments and the traditional Chinese music orchestra, in which we explore how musicians play the eight different types of ...

Queen guitarist Brian May famously takes a DIY approach to his instrument. But what type of strings does he use for his Red Special guitar?

It just gives it a different feel.” Central to many types of Latin music, the guiro is the heartbeat of cumbia ... the ...

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The lyre was the musical instrument that accompanied the education and entertainment of children and teenagers in Ancient Greece ...

Instead, this was a 19th-century double bass, the largest of the string ... new instruments in sustainable ways. “This is made out of what is already a nearly exhausted type of British sycamore ...

Music store owners in Quebec are raising concerns that new French-language labelling requirements under Bill 96 could make it ...