At the heart of many of the world’s musical instruments is the same, simple component—a string stretched tight between two points. Plucked, bowed, or struck, each of an instrument’s strings creates ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. While its price may scare non-professionals away, the ...

When worshippers arrive at Salem Lutheran Church in Tomball for Christmas Eve services, they'll enter more than a sanctuary. They'll be stepping into a musical instrument. Its strings will span the ...

Stringed instruments make noise from the vibrations of tuned strings, using acoustic or electronic means to amplify those vibrations to the point where they’re loud enough to hear. The strings are ...

Like most people these days, sound artist Ellen Fullman is sheltering in place. But she has an unusual roommate: a massive installation she calls the Long String Instrument. Filling the ground floor ...

If you are planning to learn a new string instrument, there are plenty of options for you to choose from. With string instruments for beginners available in both Indian and western instruments, you ...

Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...

A crazy gadget that looks like a toy fretboard peripheral for a video game is actually a highly versatile instrument that can be played in many ways. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she ...

This is the sixth in a series of articles about classical Chinese instruments and the traditional Chinese music orchestra, in which we explore how musicians play the eight different types of ...