Explores the physics of sound production through string instruments. It explains how the length and tension of strings affect pitch, demonstrating how shorter strings produce higher sounds and longer ...

The instrument manufacturing company Marusan Hashimoto in the city of Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, is very busy making strings for the shamisen, the koto and other instruments. Strings make sounds ...

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“Processional” is elusive and lyrical, a string of motifs and codas that repeat ... It self-consciously echoes the sound of the koto, the zither-like Japanese instrument, which Ackerman ...

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