Explore musical instruments in the Anacostia ... Listen for the talking drum, one of several instruments collected by Howard University professor Lorenzo Dow Turner. His groundbreaking research told ...

A Short Ride In A Fast Machine by John Adams GREG FOOT: This piece of music ... sound. "The question is how do we make themplay lots of different notes?" It all depends on how much airin the ...

The saxophone - or ‘sax’ - is a woodwind instrument used in classical music (such as concert bands ... As with most types of saxophones, the standard written range is B♭3 to F6 (or F♯6). Above that, ...

A wide field of discovery and invention still remains unexplored in the department of musical instruments ... under vibration the most beautiful sounds, that have never yet been practically ...

The clarinet is a musical instrument belonging to the woodwind family. It looks similar to an oboe, however it is a single-reed instrument, as opposed to the double-reed of an oboe, and has a very ...