The Ravanahatha is one of the oldest bowed string instruments in the world. It is made from a coconut shell resonator, a bamboo neck, and a horsehair bow. This combination produces a raw, haunting ...

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Arielle Lewis from Education Through Music introduces a variety of musical instruments. Arielle Lewis from Education Through Music children to musical instruments including the guitar, violin, piano.

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Instruments that translate electronic music into physical actions and acoustic instruments that sound as space-age as any synthesizer are just some of the 20 semi-finalists in the 2015 Guthman Musical ...

A pair of 4,000-year-old cymbals might have helped immigrants integrate into new cultures in the ancient world 1. Humans have been making music for millennia. By the third millennium bc, sculptures ...

Musical instruments are not always the first thing that comes to mind when you think of architecture, but they are often embedded into landmark buildings. This month, several other unique instruments ...

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Music is an intrinsic expression of cultural diversity and a fundamental element of identity, ritual symbolism, and daily social interaction. The study of material culture, and musical instruments in ...

Photographer Charles Brooks takes amazing photos of the insides of musical instruments including pianos, guitars, clarinets, and flutes. He reveals the hidden beauty inside rare musical instruments ...