Watch as our very special guest, BBC NOW violinist Gwenllian Hâf MacDonald, shows you how to create your own musical ...

Created in partnership with the Orang Collectif. Music and drama are great ways to explore issues like pollution and climate change. Music can add fun and emotion to a performance. It is possible to ...

Milan 2012: Hackney-based organisation Technology Will Save Us believe everyone should understand how simple devices work, so at the Hacked Lab in Milan they hosted workshops that included a lesson in ...

New software has enabled researchers to recreate a long forgotten musical instrument called the Lituus. The 2.7m (8.5ft) long trumpet-like instrument fell out of use some 300 years ago. Bach's motet ...

If you've always dreamed of creating your own effects and instruments but haven't known where to start, Blue Cat's Plug'n Script could be the answer. Operating as a plugin - which means you can do ...

Musical instruments have been found in every corner of the world for thousands of years. And like other historic artefacts, many are now showcased and maintained in dedicated museums, as well as ...

Taking up an instrument? Great! But be warned - it’s not as easy as you might think... No matter how hard you protest, everyone you know will assume that just because you’ve started learning an ...

From its chance 1920s invention in Russia, the theremin beguiled Hollywood and sparked a musical revolution, writes Norman Miller. The theremin sometimes seems like an instrument from Earth’s future ...

A message written from within Nazi concentration camp Dachau, which remained undiscovered for more than 80 years, has been found. It tells a tale of survival, craftsmanship, and reveals the only known ...