While most musicians rely on roadies to tune their instruments, musicians at the Ice Music Festival work with a team of ice carvers to prep their gear. Located in Finse, Norway, the annual event is ...

Learn how to make musical instruments with recycled materials using a metal washtub, the washboard, and playing spoons to make homegrown music. One way to save money and have a good time all at once ...

Learning to play a musical instrument produces such profound changes in children's brains that kids actually can hear and process sounds they couldn't hear otherwise, according to researchers using ...

Almost anything can be a musical instrument. A horse’s jawbone? A couple of rocks, a stick, and some string? An armadillo shell? A box with a constantly buzzing antenna sticking out of it? Something ...

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To create the signature sound of your rainmaker, fill each bamboo section with materials like small pebbles, dried beans, or ...

What's 300 years old, made of wood and easily outperforms most mutual funds? A Stradivarius violin. Or an antique guitar or mandolin, for that matter. A growing group of investors is viewing music—as ...

A study by the University of Sheffield and the University of Western Sydney has shown that improvising to music can help ...

Do you think someone who isn't super into music would still enjoy the Musical Instrument Museum? Yes. The wireless headsets auto-play stories and performances by country, so it feels like a ...

Improvising music could help to improve older people's cognitive skills, such as learning and memory, according to research ...