the craft of building string instruments reached a state of near-perfection in a humble workshop in Cremona, Italy. The craftsman’s name is still known around the world more than 300 years later ...

The violin is the smallest and highest-pitched of the string instrument family. Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres - they are most prominent in the Western classical ...

In Old Poland the haunting sound of this string instrument frequently accompanied the voices of vagabond singers performing for handouts. These artists, who would often play themselves, were proud of ...

I was already quite familiar with the gayageum (12 string instrument) and the haegeum (2 string instrument, like a fiddle) but there are many more out there that many people are not familiar with. I ...

That's brilliant! Dum-dum-dum-DUM! But it's also the string instruments.This piece uses them so well. They just bring real feelingto a piece of music. But they play such differentsounds as well.

Martyn-Ellis and Schmitz moved to Tasmania from Sydney in January and they are enjoying the slower pace of Hobart. The are ...

The red Minimalist sculptures feature sets of strings. But unlike traditional string instruments, they aren’t meant to be played by people. The sounds they produce depend on the wind’s force ...