During the day when the sun is blazing, Park Kyung-ho cultivates the land just like any other farmer. As the sun sets, Park retreats to his workshop, where he begins his real work of the day — ...

Abrasive, intense and about to erupt at any moment. So begins Flow, a new piece by Nokuthula Ngwenyama for the Takács Quartet. Coaxing peculiar sounds out of centuries-old string instruments, the ...

Why a soundproof room is necessary for violins and string instrumentsString instruments such as violins, cellos, violas, and double basses are instruments with rich overtones and a unique resonance.

It's considered heresy if string instruments aren't acousticNo, I get it. I know that the raw sound you hear from a performer ...

Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...

How precisely does an acoustic guitar or violin produce its sweet sound? There is a simple, centuries-old way to literally "see" the vibrational patterns that cause the guitar to resonate and produce ...

e-instruments has released Pure Strings, which they describe as a new app that places a full palette of professional-grade string sounds directly into the hands of iOS users. A spokesperson told us, ...

Today I'm exploring one of the most unusual and haunting instruments I've ever come across, the Tar Shehnai! I'm joined by ...

Forty-five years ago, as a freshman in college, Cal Meineke was poking around a music department storage room and came across a rare Tyrolean violin made in the 17th century by the German Matthias ...