A key composing skill is understanding the sounds that musical instruments make and how they can combine together to create a sound, that you want for your composition. A violin is the highest pitched ...

Some audiences might consider a string-trio concert to be a somewhat stuffy affair. Maybe the dress code calls for a coat and tie, and applause — or cellphone snapshots — are likely to be discouraged ...

A thoroughbred instrument solo on a hip-hop song can take it from satisfactory to superior with the quickness. Whether cooked up from scratch in the studio or crafted due to some production magic, the ...

The double bass or simply the bass (and numerous other names) is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra. It is a transposing instrument and is ...

Bulbul tarang, shahi baaja, benjo. Rarely has an instrument had so many names as vivid as the music it produces. The bulbul tarang, whose origins can possibly be traced to the Japanese taishogoto, was ...