Think you can name just about every musical instrument? Take a look at these obscure contraptions in our quiz to find out. Can you tell a celesta from a theremin? A sitar from an ocarina? Find out ...

Now that we've pretty much hit the middle of summer, you might find yourself bored or swamped with your summer routine. Oftentimes, all you need is a creative outlet to rejuvenate or de-stress. Why ...

1 / 10 | On June 28, 1846, Belgian musician Adolphe ___ obtained his patent for a new musical instrument he had invented. Though these instruments are made of brass, they are categorised as woodwind ...

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 ...

Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for cool, widely learned or otherwise interesting musical instruments. However, we’ll be omitting instruments that are the only one of ...

A key composing skill is understanding the sounds that musical instruments make and how they can combine together to create a sound, that you want for your composition. A violin is the highest pitched ...

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 ...

When summer cleaning projects uncover an old, abandoned tuba gathering dust in the attic or a dented trumpet taking up space in the basement, they can be brought back to musical life by donating them ...