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Pianos use little hammers striking taut strings to make tones. The Mellotron used lots of individual tape mechanisms. Meanwhile, the Trans-Harmonium from [Emily Francisco] uses an altogether more ...

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 ...

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In this article, we will be looking at the 15 easiest instruments to learn to play for beginners. If you want to skip our detailed analysis, you can go directly to the 5 Easiest Instruments To Learn ...

After a quick count in, the strumming began, and the jaunty tune of the Beatles’ “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” emerged from the group of musicians seated around the small table in the side room of the grocery ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. The short answer is: No one knows who invented music. No historical evidence exists to tell us exactly who sang the first song, or whistled ...