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The history of music goes back a long, long way, and a new discovery in France may be one of the most important discoveries linked to early music making. A conch shell that is now thought to be a horn ...

Almost anything can be a musical instrument. A horse’s jawbone? A couple of rocks, a stick, and some string? An armadillo shell? A box with a constantly buzzing antenna sticking out of it? Something ...

What do Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, and Sherlock Holmes all have in common? If you answered that they’re all famous thinkers, even geniuses, you would be right – but did you know that they all ...

Remember the recorder? It's that small plastic instrument — looks kind of like a flute or clarinet — that's often the first instrument children learn to play in school. Or, at least, they used to. But ...

Digital electronics has profoundly changed musical instrument design. From toy keyboards to performance-grade pianos, synthesizers, and drum sets, to name a few, instruments that once would have been ...

Carlos Tomé became obsessed with going to classical music concerts when he was a young teenager in Madrid learning to play the violin. During the concerts, which he would attend daily, he’d read ...

You can pick up an instrument or learn to sing at any age. Here are some helpful tips from experts and ABC Classic audience ...

Synido, an innovator in portable music creation and live audio solutions, today announces the upcoming release of the Synido ...

There is a lot of interest in finding ways to help people get smarter and more effective at what they do in life. That is one reason why brain training apps continue to be popular despite evidence ...