Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The standard configuration of the symphony orchestra has remained mostly unchanged for the past century. But innovative artists ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Who invented music? – Rom, age 7, Las Vegas, ...

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 ...

A research project to make digital instruments sound more realistic takes a hard left turn. When Gadi Sassoon met Michele Ducceschi backstage at a rock concert in Milan in 2016, the idea of making ...

Music has a funny way of surprising us. Sometimes it's not the guitar solo or the vocal runs that stick with you. You know the ones. The tracks where you pause and think, what is that? That little ...

Mountain melodies, centuries-old instruments and traditional rhythms are being digitally preserved through a new open-access ...

From the mariachi’s booming guitarron on “Cielito Lindo,” to the powerful accordeón in Los Tigres del Norte’s “Ni Parientes Somos” to even the trap drums of a Natanael Cano corrido tumbado, the sound ...

The pleasant, earthy sound of a marimba is a key component in the modern orchestra, but their high prices, ranging from ...

PHOENIX — The Musical Instrument Museum is giving visitors a chance to experience the world of music like never before. Located in north Phoenix, MIM houses more than 200,000 square feet of space, ...

The Loog Piano may be a fun, kid-size instrument, but that doesn’t mean it should look or sound like one. Now, Loog is adding a brand-new category to its collection: a $299 portable instrument that ...