The String Orchestra for Northern Neck Youth (SONNY) recently selected its four most senior students to form a string quartet over the summer. Christine Hartigan will coach the quartet with 10 ...

Three masters from the International Guitar Foundation explain the differences between classical and flamenco guitars, and ...

Every musical instrument has a unique story, each with a distinct personality. Some, centuries old, have been passed down numerous times, from one generation of musicians to the next. Here are the ...

To Moyun, it's unfortunate that the guzheng remains relatively unknown outside of China, and that some viewers even mistake it for the koto, a Japanese plucked string instrument. She also finds ...

Anyone who plays guitar, ukulele, banjo, fiddle, mandolin or any other string instrument is invited to meet the second Monday of every month. The first session kicked off March 24. Song charts ...

At the beginning of 2024, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) launched its "String Instruments Circle" (the Circle) with the strong support of private patrons and collectors in Hong ...

“You have an uncountable number of fiddles, most of the time with one string, sometimes with two strings. What happened was we commonly could not bring our instruments with us. So we had to ...

one-dimensional vibrating strings that move at different frequencies in determining the type of particle that emerges -- akin to how vibrations of string instruments produce an array of musical notes.

To accomplish this, she worked with an instrument-building friend from Iceland, Ulfur Hansson, to construct a “string prison.” The instrument consisted of long strings strung together in ...

Among the various types of instruments, string instruments hold a special place due to their unique sound and versatility. In this post, we explore the 12 benefits of teaching children to play ...

Instead, this was a 19th-century double bass, the largest of the string instruments, on loan to the Philadelphia Orchestra. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are scanning historic ...