An annual music festival themed on bowed string instruments was held by the National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts from Nov 13 to 17. [Photo provided to China Daily] An annual music festival themed ...

Farhad Nazari, the head of Registration of Historical Sites, told Mehrnews correspondent that the compilation on the Iranian bowed string instrument ‘Kamancheh’ has been sent to and received by the ...

The art of crafting and playing Kamantcheh/Kamancha (‘little bow’), a bowed string instrument, has existed for over 1,000 years. In the Islamic Republic of Iran and Azerbaijan, it is a major element ...

Last week, host Andrea Seabrook asked listeners to send in home recordings and photographs of their oddest musical instrument. The responses were eclectic, and some were indeed strange. Here is a ...

Is a bowed string instrument. Is played sitting on the floor, like the sarangi, but has frets, like a sitar. Has a number of sympathetic and drone strings.

Stretch a string across a piece of wood, and write yourself a game score. As the search continues for Australia’s favourite instrument in the ABC Classic 100 Countdown, Meena Shamaly takes you into ...