Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres - they are most prominent in the Western classical tradition and in many varieties of folk music, however they are also frequently ...

The sheng inspired the invention of two Western musical instruments. Chinese chime bells and gongs have always struck a chord. Here’s why Of the metal instruments used in a traditional Chinese ...

However, the consonance of instruments like the bonang doesn ... A lot of experimental music in the last 100 years of Western ...

The demand for acoustic pianos and stringed keyboard instruments in Western Africa is steadily rising due to the region's rich musical heritage and growing interest in classical music.

We use a lot of classical music for testing, with Claude Debussy standing out as one of our most listened-to composers.

The santur is an ancient stringed instrument, a dulcimer, with 72 strings that can be dated to 500 BC. Assyrian and ...

The history of western classical music A series of 7 videos ... The science of sound, music and musical instruments. Fran Scott and Greg Foot explore the science of sound, music and musical ...

The closure and shrinking of music departments at UK universities in recent years has become an alarming and accelerating ...

Western classical music here is nothing new - in the late ... In Chennai (Madras) I visited a classical music shop that has been selling instruments and scores since the 1840s.

Ramzi Aburedwan went from a Palestinian refugee camp to international concert stages. He’ll visit Maryland next week for ...

and Western and Chinese classical music in the run-up to the Hong Kong Performing Arts Expo. What happens when you put 2 traditional wind instruments from different corners of the globe next to a ...

It is a transposing instrument and is typically notated one octave higher ... and is featured in concertos, solo and chamber music in Western classical music. The bass is used in a range of other ...