With a ‘sweetened’ tuning each string is slightly flat or sharp to account for the intonation of that particular instrument. I’ve never used a strobe tuner before despite having played ...

It also has a long history in Chinese musical instruments – so much so that the Mandarin term sizhu, which translates as “silk and bamboo”, refers to string and wind musical instruments.

One of the event’s highlights is Ellen Fullman’s Long String Instrument installation, with dozens of tuned wires stretched 50 or more feet. “Playing my instrument is like walking or swimming ...