Can a single string produce sound? Yes, a single string really can. The Jing ethnic group's single-stringed instrument, through the plucking of its string by the fingertips, weaves the breath of the ...

GRAND HAVEN -- In his dream, the small, wooden, stringed box was floating in the air. It's face was decorated with a large, black, weeping heart. Will Sleutel awoke and began sketching the image from ...

YEOJU, Gyeonggi Province — There can be a perfect performance but never a perfect instrument, said Choi Tae-gwi, a traditional musical Korean instrument artisan. He has been making traditional ...

The Ravanahatha is one of the oldest bowed string instruments in the world. It is made from a coconut shell resonator, a bamboo neck, and a horsehair bow. This combination produces a raw, haunting ...

Sitar player Ravi Shankar died Tuesday at the age of 92. Brian Q. Silver, a sitar player with over 40 years of experience, talks about playing the unique instrument and how Shankar popularized the ...

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 ...