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Bird Calls History
Until the 60s, these whistles were used only for hunting, even as ecology was not recognized. But because of the devastation of forests around the world, people began to think...
Bird Calls History
Until the 60s, these whistles were used only for hunting, even as ecology was not recognized. But because of the devastation of forests around the world, people began to think...
Cuban Charanga Flutes
Information The five-key wooden transverse flute, which in the 1950s and 1960s was dubbed the "charanga flute." During the 19th century, the transverse flute underwent many changes, with as many...
Cuban Charanga Flutes
Information The five-key wooden transverse flute, which in the 1950s and 1960s was dubbed the "charanga flute." During the 19th century, the transverse flute underwent many changes, with as many...
Cellos History
The earliest depictions of the violin family, from northern Italy c. 1530, show three sizes of instruments, roughly corresponding to what we now call violins, violas, and cellos. Contrary to...
Cellos History
The earliest depictions of the violin family, from northern Italy c. 1530, show three sizes of instruments, roughly corresponding to what we now call violins, violas, and cellos. Contrary to...
Fiddles
The medieval Fiddle emerged in 10th-century Europe, deriving from the Byzantine lira, a bowed string instrument of the Byzantine Empire and ancestor of most European bowed instruments. The first recorded...
Fiddles
The medieval Fiddle emerged in 10th-century Europe, deriving from the Byzantine lira, a bowed string instrument of the Byzantine Empire and ancestor of most European bowed instruments. The first recorded...
Lutes
The lute can refer generally, to any plucked string musical instrument with a neck (either fretted or unfretted) and a deep round back, or the more specific style of "European...
Lutes
The lute can refer generally, to any plucked string musical instrument with a neck (either fretted or unfretted) and a deep round back, or the more specific style of "European...
Banjo Ukuleles
The ukulele has inspired many "hybrid instruments" including the guitarlele, banjo ukulele, harp ukulele and even a lap steel ukulele! There are resonator ukes and electric ukes as well! There...
Banjo Ukuleles
The ukulele has inspired many "hybrid instruments" including the guitarlele, banjo ukulele, harp ukulele and even a lap steel ukulele! There are resonator ukes and electric ukes as well! There...