Kawika Pangelinan has become a skilled and self-taught craftsman of numerous types of Hawaiian musical instruments.

Traditional Chinese musical instruments, such as the xun (Chinese vessel flute), dizi (Chinese transverse flute), xiao (Chinese vertical end-blown flute), and guqin (Chinese zither), were highlighted ...

Six thousand young people from southern Togo were keen to discover the traditional musical instruments of their region. This was made possible thanks to a one-year project implemented by the National ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal -- As a child, Shanti Chaudhari was scolded by her parents for standing too close to a group of musicians playing the naumati baja, Nepal's nine traditional instruments, because they ...

Karakalpakstan, a northwestern region of Uzbekistan, is known for its rich intangible cultural heritage, particularly the art of crafting the Kobyz musical instrument and the associated Zhyrau ...

Engineers often have a strange nostalgic affinity for their instruments. Seasoned RF engineers who have worked in the field for many years frequently refer to their traditional instruments as “toys” ...

A survey by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) examines the impact of technology on Nigerian traditional music genres. Nigerian traditional artistes ultimately rely on percussion instruments for the ...

Learning to play an instrument takes a certain level of dedication — and you can add another layer of dedication on top of that when it’s an instrument not found at your local Guitar Center. But it’s ...

The historic Daryaganj market does not shy away from chaos. Amid the uproar of traffic, hawkers, and everything characteristically Old Delhi, a store in Daryaganj hums the soothing sound of musical ...

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 ...