By Mongabay.com The tanpura is synonymous with Indian classical music. The sitar-like musical instrument has a long, wooden ...

"This is my livelihood," Henson said. "I love this guitar. If anything happened to it, then it would just be a mess." ...

Buying a beautiful musical instrument is an exciting milestone, yet the magic truly lies in how well it is prepared for ...

From contrabassoons to harmonicas, we take a look at some of the concertos for more unusual instruments to have found their ...

Strings ARE attached, and, in fact, the Pacifica (string) Quartet practices together three hours every day. They are part of an array of music provided by Indiana University Jacobs School of Music ...

Agartala (Tripura) [India], June 16 : The traditional musical instrument 'Tripura Sarinda' has recieved Geographical Identification (GI) recognition on Tuesday, marking a significant step towards the ...

A belly turns into a drum, hands mold into percussion tools and a face adorns a brass bell in this anatomical art history show ...

Angine de Poitrine don't abide by the usual rules of Western music, using their own custom-built guitar to strike notes that ...

The plucked string has been singing since before history bothered to write anything down. Walk through any museum wing dedicated to ancient civilizations and you will see them: fragments of wood, bone ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Stringed musical instrument. Neck of ...

Scott Yoo learns from Eyjólfur Eyjólfsson and Jófríður Ákadóttir about how driftwood can be made into the iconic Icelandic instrument langspil. Most of settled history, we didn't have any forests. I ...