Imagine a sound, a tone. Engineering and math might go into creating a musical instrument that can make that tone, but that same sound also depends on acoustics, perception, creativity — a multitude ...

Bach never heard his harpsichord make sounds like this. Students in the History and Technology of Musical Instruments class taught by Matias Homar at Rochester Institute of Technology got the chance ...

The djembe drum dates back roughly between 400 and 800 years, created during the Malian Empire by the Mandé people across regions including Senegal, Mali, Guinea, and the Ivory Coast. Picture a goblet ...

Although a whole band playing together may make a song what it is, sometimes it's interesting to know what an individual instrument within a band sounds like on its own. Thanks to a new system ...

From ancient bagpipes to modern synthesisers, we trace the origins of 25 musical instruments across continents. It explores ...

Visitors walking into the restored Victoria Public Hall in Chennai do so with genuine curiosity, which often doubles when they enter the section carrying about 150 musical instruments, including the ...