A dulcimer is a stringed folk instrument which basically comes in two different varieties: the hammered dulcimer – which has strings stretched over a sounding board with a trapezoidal shape, generally ...

The tambourine is probably one of the easiest and most fun musical instruments to play anywhere in the world. If you have any rhythm at all, and sometimes even if you don’t, you, too, can play a ...

Musical tradition is at times a rather odd element of this popular art. One of those traditions that still holds true for today is that of using Italian terms to instruct a performer in notated scores ...

The influence of W.A. Mozart across all areas of culture has been colossal, from the Baby Mozart Project through to contemporary song. You can hardly pass through a day without encountering the music ...

Calculate distributed speaker transformer taps, total amplifier load, reserve headroom, wire voltage drop, current draw, and equivalent impedance for 70V audio lines. Use these presets as starting ...

If you play a soprano recorder then this virtual instrument will help you to hear and see how the fingering should look. To use it, simply click on the notes of the chart. The instrument will sound, ...

We could say that most indie music is alternative, but not all are indie. Let’s unpack this statement. Many alternative rock bands in the 1980s signed with independent labels, but later moved to one ...

Estimate room volume, usable coverage, listening-distance loss, SPL target, room gain, and recommended amplifier power for music rooms, studios, hi-fi rooms, and small venues.

If you are looking for an online interactive Clarinet Finger Chart, then this one is for you! It includes entire chromatic scale starting at low E through to high C on the instrument. Click on the ...

As a musical genre, Funk has its roots firmly embedded in jazz. Funk incorporates many elements of jazz alongside soul and earlier African-American styles of music. Following on from the immense ...

With the distance of one hundred and ten years between us now and the premiere of Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring, it can be difficult to understand what the fuss was all about. Several things ...

Estimate the first bending resonance of a speaker enclosure panel, then see how material choice, thickness, boundary condition, bracing span, added damping, and mass loading move the result.