Nashville tuning, however, requires no such effort, as you can replicate anything you play in standard tuning. There is one ...

Compact, sweet-toned five-string, as quirky as its namesake ...

During a late-night experiment in a rented Malibu home, the guitarist scraped the composer’s Yamaha grand with forks and ...

A Stradivarius violin is one of the most prized instruments in classical music. The few musicians lucky enough to play an ...

Violin makers, aka luthiers, traditionally learn from hands-on experience how to craft parts and select materials to shape an ...

All hail the guitar solo — one of the most indestructibly great art forms in all of modern music. There’s nothing quite like ...

Composer Vincent Ott and musician Andrew Loper, known on-stage as Rubber, first met three years ago at an open mic night at ...

A koto is a traditional Japanese 13-stringed instrument similar to a zither, with movable bridges for tuning. Players wear three picks known as tsume on their thumb and first two fingers to pluck the ...

HUMBOLDT — A rare and historic collection of string instruments will take centre stage in Humboldt later this month, offering audiences a chance to hear music played on instruments dating back more ...

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 ...

In eastern Kentucky, the heritage of folk and traditional music, rooted in instruments like guitars, mandolins and dulcimers, is deeply seated. There's an effort to capitalize on this rich culture ...

JENISON, Mich. — He’s our newest Teacher of the Week and that’s not the only recognition he’s getting for his work in the classroom. Our surprise came just weeks after he had travelled to California ...