Romania achieved a new cultural milestone as UNESCO added the cobza, a traditional pear-shaped string instrument, to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The ...

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: ...

India is a country rich in tradition and skill. Be it the ancient dance forms that entertain and inform people even today, to the forms of ‘nataks’ and ‘jatras’ that show society a mirror, Indian art ...

The Ruan, a traditional plucked string instrument of the Han Chinese, also known as the Ruan Xian or Ruan Qin, has a rich history and evolving identity. It was originally referred to as the Qin Pipa ...

Taiko is the most popular Asian instrument in America. There are more than a hundred taiko groups across the country, classes for kids and adult beginners, festivals, newsletters, even online stores.

Francis Bebey used a lot of traditional string instruments and then the piano. This is on my list because my whole mission is to discover the cultures of the violin and the roots of it, because there ...

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 are ...

Yoon Jeong Heo is so active that it’s almost surprising she doesn’t single-handedly generate combustible energy during the course of one of her average working days. But there is nothing remotely ...