a treasured traditional string instrument. From selecting fine wood to precise string placement, every step reflects dedication and expertise. Watch the transformation of raw materials into a ...

Origins: “My family was musical, and we grew up playing country and bluegrass and folk music, and I was interested in ... apprenticeship with a luthier – a maker and repairer of stringed instruments ...

I PLAYED. WITH THEM AND I PLAYED ONE STRING INSTRUMENT CALLED HEARKEN. HER PASSION IS TO KEEP TRADITIONAL KOREAN MUSIC ALIVE. WHEN PEOPLE SEE SOMETHING, I WANT THEM NOT TO SELL. IT IS KOREAN CULTURE.

I thought it would be appropriate to write about the traditional string instruments witnessed at the event. I was already quite familiar with the gayageum (12 string instrument) and the haegeum (2 ...

NAGAHAMA, Shiga -- Production of silk strings for traditional Japanese instruments such as the shamisen and koto is at its ...

This year, the Lansing, Michigan-based Elderly Instruments, which specializes in the sale and repair of vintage string instruments ... it as a mecca for folk music. The company’s online ...

(Emily Neil/WHYY) Karl and Jackie Dieterichs opened the Bucks County Folk Music Shop in 1966. It's the oldest acoustic-stringed instrument store with the same owners since day one in the United States ...

Obokano, the eight-stringed traditional guitar of Abagusii people has had its distinct space as the only male musical instrument. The lyre has distinguished itself as a man-musical tool over the ...

These instruments are not only used in traditional folk music but also in ... while the ektara, a single-stringed instrument, is made from a hollow bamboo stick. The use of natural materials ...

His twin takhe is a new take on the traditional Cambodian musical instrument. Although based on the traditional three or four stringed version, Bophavan’s has a useful feature, which he believes ...