The turbine hall of the historic Seaholm Power Plant will be the site for an utterly unconventional concert today, when Ellen Fullman, composer, performer and former Austinite, returns to town with ...
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 ...
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 ...
Kruno Kupresanin's house is a stringed instrument lover's delight. The front room is a musical showroom: Rows of violins, cellos, basses and bows hang from the walls. Many are decades, and some ...
Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...
The artifacts represent the earliest-known stringed instruments found in Southeast Asia. A reconstruction of the chordophone, crafted out of deer antler. Photo: Antiquity (2023). DOI: ...
The stringed instrument type list includes over a dozen defaults, including electric and acoustic guitars, ukuleles, mandolin, banjo and lap steel. The motor here isn't designed to tackle bass guitars ...
Can a single string produce sound? Yes, a single string really can. The Jing ethnic group's single-stringed instrument, through the plucking of its string by the fingertips, weaves the breath of the ...
The fragrance of varnish and curing wood drifts by as you enter Side Door Strings, transporting you to an era when objects and the tools that built them were all made by hand. A violin in the raw sits ...