Notes of western classical music filled the air recently at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, as Meshthooso 17, a musical event, was presented. The crowd that gathered was treated to a profusion of ...

Sounds can be made by twanging a string, blowing down a pipe, banging something together, and scraping or shaking something. There are three families of musical instruments: string, wind and ...

In addition to the instruments made in house, he buys instruments such as Oud, Rebaba, Def, Taar, Tabla, Simsimia, Dingra, Ney, Kasar and other string, wind and percussion instruments from Egypt, ...

It is a visual treat for music lovers. Musical instruments that find a mention in the Tamil classical literary work of the Sangam period in 200 BC, are part of the exhibits at the Government Museum ...

At the heart of many of the world’s musical instruments is the same, simple component—a string stretched tight between two points. Plucked, bowed, or struck, each of an instrument’s strings creates ...

Many Indian mythological tales delve into the origin of sound. While some say Goddess Saraswati’s veena made the first sound after the universe was created, others believe it was Lord Shiv’s damru ...

This is the sixth in a 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 ...

Vietnam is home to 54 ethnic groups, each with its own customs and traditions. Those groups have created a variety of traditional musical instruments, which have played an important role in Vietnamese ...

Sounds can be made by twanging a string or an elastic band, blowing down a pipe, banging something together, and scraping or shaking something. There are three families of musical instruments - string ...