Stringed instruments make noise from the vibrations of tuned strings, using acoustic or electronic means to amplify those vibrations to the point where they’re loud enough to hear. The strings ...

On Wednesday night at the Library of Congress, the opportunity to hear some of history’s most finely crafted instruments doubled as a chance to hear one of the top string quartets of today. In a ...

String theory, conceptualized more than 50 years ago as a framework to explain the formation of matter, remains elusive as a ...

To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching. This book explores the history of keyboard instruments from their ...

Over plucked string instruments ... the experience in an 1891 letter to his publisher: I discovered a new orchestral instrument in Paris, something between a miniature piano and a Glockenspiel ...

String theory remains elusive as a 'provable' phenomenon. But a team of physicists has now taken a significant step forward in validating string theory by using an innovative mathematical method that ...

A violin is the highest pitched string instrument and a double bass is the ... Gershwin chose the clarinet to represent the sound of New York City 'waking up' in the early morning.

The harmochord, as the new instrument is called ... an endless tape is led either up or down in close proximity to each string. This system of pulleys is set in motion by the pedal and the ...

That's brilliant! Dum-dum-dum-DUM! But it's also the string instruments.This piece uses them so well. They just bring real feelingto a piece of music. But they play such differentsounds as well.

The violin is the smallest and highest-pitched of the string instrument family. Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres - they are most prominent in the Western classical ...

Anchored by a 120-seat performance hall, the firm’s Community MusicWorks Center showcases cross-laminated timber while taking ...