During the day when the sun is blazing, Park Kyung-ho cultivates the land just like any other farmer. As the sun sets, Park retreats to his workshop, where he begins his real work of the day — ...

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 ...

The purpose of a string in a string instrument is to vibrate and produce sounds. How it vibrates is decided by its mass per unit length, its stiffness, and how well it allows vibrations to flow ...

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 ...

HOMEWOOD -- An instructor leads two guitar students through a lesson in the front. In the back, young people tune their violins as their parents look on. Downstairs, a mandolin player leads a dulcimer ...

Kronos Quartet - one of the most acclaimed contemporary string quartets in the world - have been rehearsing at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios in preparation for their Proms concerts as part of London's ...