Well, you are only about a millennium behind the times. But never fear. Opportunities to hear this ancient Chinese two-stringed instrument known for it’s plaintive humanlike tone are on the upswing. A ...

This is the sixth ina series of articles about classical Chinese instruments and the traditional Chinese music orchestra, in which we explore how musicians play the eight different types of instrument ...

When we think about rock music, we can agree it's a genre most commonly plied and voiced via the instrument of electric guitar. While rock and the guitar are not mutually exclusive, and the insights ...

The octobass is a huge stringed instrument that is twice the size of a double bass when standing, about 3.6 meters, and the strings cannot be pressed as they are, so the strings are pressed with a ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Stringed musical instrument. Neck of ...

Richard Kurin, Acting Provost and Under Secretary for Museums and Research at the Smithsonian Institution, discusses the evolution of stringed instruments from the ektar to the dutar, sitar, qatar and ...

• View this story alongside more photos, a slideshow and a video. When Frank Ford and Richard Johnston first met as college students back in the 1960s, introduced by a mutual friend, it was evident ...