Bach never heard his harpsichord make sounds like this. Students in the History and Technology of Musical Instruments class taught by Matias Homar at Rochester Institute of Technology got the chance ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The standard configuration of the symphony orchestra has remained mostly unchanged for the past century. But innovative artists ...

Musical Bodies looks at 4,000 years of musical history and how humans have long forged relationships with instruments ...

Imagine a sound, a tone. Engineering and math might go into creating a musical instrument that can make that tone, but that same sound also depends on acoustics, perception, creativity — a multitude ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ken Butler is a Brooklyn-based artist and musician who has built over 400 musical instruments. But these aren't just any ...

John Cage’s best-known composition is often referred to with this descriptive shorthand: “four minutes and 33 seconds of silence.” The experimental composer’s work, however, celebrates all of the many ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. When it comes to creating smooth percussion sounds, ...