When we think about rock music, we can agree it's a genre most commonly plied and voiced via the instrument of electric guitar. While rock and the guitar are not mutually exclusive, and the insights ...

The artifacts represent the earliest-known stringed instruments found in Southeast Asia. A reconstruction of the chordophone, crafted out of deer antler. Photo: Antiquity (2023). DOI: ...

A University of Arkansas researcher and his colleagues used tree ring records to accurately date the wood used in a famous violin purported to be made by Stradivarius and showed that the wood was hewn ...

Historical analysis of musical instruments encompasses a multidisciplinary approach integrating art history, materials science and conservation technology. Researchers have employed both invasive and ...

The Project explores Arabic, Turkish, Armenian, Eastern European, Celtic, Medieval, and West African music through original compositions and unexpected instrumentation, including tarhu duets.

Episode: Watch the 2012 Sherlock episode “Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of the Baskervilles,” featuring Benedict Cumberbatch as the incomparable Sherlock Holmes, at 1 p.m. Thursday. Registration ...

Analyses of 17th-century stringed instruments suggest that a young Antonio Stradivari might have apprenticed with a particular craftsman. By Katherine Kornei History is revealed in tree rings. They ...

In 2016, Computer Science Professor Harry Mairson received a Provost Research grant to to work on his software for classical stringed instrument design. In the very early morning, we were off to ...

Ever wondered how Schubert’s music sounded in his time? On Sunday, audience members at the last performance of the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments concert series got a rare glimpse into ...

Ever stumbled across a sound that made you stop in your tracks? Maybe it was something ancient and unfamiliar, yet strangely ...