Stringed instruments make noise from the vibrations of tuned strings, using acoustic or electronic means to amplify those vibrations to the point where they’re loud enough to hear. The strings ...

As reconstructed, Queen Puabi's lyre is about 3.7 feet (1.1 meters ... In some ways, these ancient instruments were like modern guitars: Each string would have produced a different note when ...

In the whole of the UK, Hibiki Ichikawa is the only professional player of tsugaru shamisen; a traditional 3-stringed instrument played using a large pick called a bachi. In recognition of his ...