From the gentle sound of a harp to the deep voice of a cello, every string instrument has something special to share. Explore ...

For some people, there are financial barriers that keep them from being able to learn to play an instrument ...

At the heart of many of the world’s musical instruments is the same, simple component—a string stretched tight between two points. Plucked, bowed, or struck, each of an instrument’s strings creates ...

This time, I would like to explain the string quartet, a drama of sound performed by four string instruments.▶︎PreviousWhat is a string quartet?A string quartet is a type of chamber music and a genre ...

Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...

The Westmoreland Youth Symphony Academy of Music is encouraging middle school families to apply for its String Pathways ...

How precisely does an acoustic guitar or violin produce its sweet sound? There is a simple, centuries-old way to literally "see" the vibrational patterns that cause the guitar to resonate and produce ...

The largest string instrument ensemble consists of 1,021 players, at an event organised by the Hong Kong String Orchestra (Hong Kong) at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong, China, on 5 May 2018. The ...

The UMass Lowell String Project is a music education and community engagement initiative housed in the Department of Music that provides music instruction to students grades 3-12 from the Merrimack ...

Researchers have recovered and studied archaeological evidence of an ancient stringed musical instrument crafted from deer antler in southern Vietnam. Lead researcher and Ph.D. student Fredeliza ...

The stringed instrument type list includes over a dozen defaults, including electric and acoustic guitars, ukuleles, mandolin, banjo and lap steel. The motor here isn't designed to tackle bass guitars ...

The Beyond: Microtonal Music Festival returns to Pittsburgh this weekend. Microtonal music, according to festival organizers, “expands the possibilities of sound by using tuning systems beyond, or in ...