From different parts of the country, and from different cultures - here are 10 unique musical instruments ... A gubguba is a percussion string instrument and it either has dried gourd or wooden ...

The 'Octobass' is a stringed instrument invented in 1850 by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, a musical instrument dealer and string instrument maker, to achieve the 'ultra-low tones' that composers and ...

Musical innovation and uniqueness is what tends to set great artists apart from their contemporaries. Especially when it comes to the use of creative, unorthodox, or perhaps odd, instruments.

Like generations before him, he plays the kora, a unique kind of harp that’s ... It is one of the most sophisticated handmade musical instruments in the world, both in its musical capabilities ...

It also has a long history in Chinese musical instruments – so much so that the Mandarin term sizhu, which translates as “silk and bamboo”, refers to string and wind musical instruments.

Led by Fredeliza Campos, the team examined the objects in 2012 and 2016, concluding that they were in fact single-stringed musical instruments. In a study just published in Antiquity, the ...

Every musical instrument has a unique story, each with a distinct personality. Some, centuries old, have been passed down numerous times, from one generation of musicians to the next. Here are the ...

Wood is a common material in many Chinese musical instruments, but relatively few are classified as wooden under the system that assigns instruments to one of eight categories, the bayin.