At the Library of Congress last month, Roberto Díaz was playing on an exceedingly rare viola. What didn’t cross his mind, he ...

Most of the world’s compositions were never notated, and what was written down is ... than in the external sound. If an instrument inspires a musician, then the music will be more meaningful ...

Beautiful to look at and incredible in sound – here the greatest pieces written for the harp in classical music history ... Despite rumours of his indifference towards both of these instruments, ...

Some instruments, on the other hand, make no sound at all, instead sending MIDI or CV signals ... William Stokes is a writer and musician in avant-psych trio Voka Gentle. He has written on music and ...

But what causes the surprisingly powerful sound? "The triangle instrument produces enchanting and beautiful tones, raising deep and profound questions about the connection between music and ...

The MPC platform will soon be home to Native Instruments sound packs. This means that if you currently use an MPC Live II or a Key 61, or any other number of standalone music-making machines by ...

Partly housed in the former Old England department store, a landmark 1899 Art Nouveau building, the Musical Instruments ... to hear what these instruments sound like, greatly adding to the fun.

Composers have long pushed the boundaries of classical music by writing ... and hammers to give the instrument a bizarre range of percussive sounds and tones. Written for piano and chamber ...

Walker Smith crafted a new musical instrument from the translated sounds of every element on the periodic table. This acoustic view of chemistry allows for the creation of new kinds of music in ...

Sometimes, when things are stressful, nothing but the soothing sound of a solo violin will cut it to bring ... In 1803, the year this surprisingly delicate music was written, the composer was slowly ...

He then manipulated those sounds in his music software to create virtual “instruments” he could arrange into melodies and harmonies. “At the time, I didn’t know what the album would sound like,” he ...