In “The Devil Is in It,” John Stubbings explores the history behind the history of the steel-string flat-top acoustic guitar— ...

At the heart of many of the world’s musical instruments is the same, simple component—a string stretched tight between two points. Plucked, bowed, or struck, each of an instrument’s strings creates ...

How do you tune a ukulele? Whether you’re learning a new hobby and it’s your first time playing the ukulele or you’re an experienced musician, all stringed instruments go out of tune over time. To ...

If you are planning to learn a new string instrument, there are plenty of options for you to choose from. With string instruments for beginners available in both Indian and western instruments, you ...

To non-musicians I’m sure that steel-string and nylon-string guitars probably look almost indistinguishable – they’re just acoustic guitars. However, anyone who has listened to both side-by-side will ...

FRAN SCOTT: I love this piece. In fact I think it was the first bitof classical music that I ever heard. GREG FOOT: Ah yes Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. It's got the best startto any piece of music ever ...

Like most people these days, sound artist Ellen Fullman is sheltering in place. But she has an unusual roommate: a massive installation she calls the Long String Instrument. Filling the ground floor ...

Ellen Fullman is sheltering in place with the 40-string, 45-foot-long droning instrument she created decades ago. The sound artist Ellen Fullman near her home in Berkeley, Calif.Credit...Erin ...