We all know the names of common musical instruments, but this list of 11 unusual musical instruments with weird names will show you that there are some out there you’ve never seen or heard about. As ...
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: ...
The octobass is a huge stringed instrument that is twice the size of a double bass when standing, about 3.6 meters, and the strings cannot be pressed as they are, so the strings are pressed with a ...
“How come we’ve never heard of this beautiful instrument until now?” This was posted by a first-year college student to my world music course discussion board recently. He voiced what many of his ...