Bamboo instruments are at their best when part of an ensemble, he said. “If played by a lot of people, at least 25 people, then the sound of the music produced will be better,” he said.

A musician plays a single-string bamboo instrument in the exhibition hall at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing, June 5, 2014. The exhibition "Green Charm" which showcases over ...

Bamboo's physical structure is conducive to making musical instruments. Chinese or Philippine bamboo is thicker and has more closely spaced knots, so it produces lower, more opaque sounds. Vietnamese ...

Music lovers and gardening lovers can find a natural groove using items growing and resting around them. Find out how easy it is making musical instruments from nature ...

On special occasions, the artists also play the zither, Vietnamese monochord and include other instruments including the piano and the drum. The core members of Suc Song Moi, however, stick to pure ...

For bamboo instruments, utmost care is needed from selection of the bamboo culms to their treatment,” he said. Kallanmula and Olamula are used for making most of the instruments.

Attention ethnic music enthusiasts. The rich diversity of the country’s bamboo musical instruments will be put on full display in a Virtual Concert happening on November 24. Sponsored by the ...

Are they brass bands or wind ensembles? The traditional "musikong bumbong" marching bands of the Philippines are bound to confuse music buffs because their instruments are made entirely out of bamboo.

Today’s Google Doodle seen in limited regions celebrates the Angklung, which is a unique bamboo musical instrument that is played in Indonesia. An interesting subject for a homepage Doodle, ...

Performing with only local wooded musical instruments, the Vayali Bamboo Orchestra is unique in its style and presentation. Vayali, a group of youngsters from Thrissur in Kerala, is engaged in ...

In the 1990s, Janka Nabay became a star in war-torn Sierra Leone by adding high BPM drum machine beats, cowbells, and shakers to traditional folkloric bubu music. Nabay, who plays at Summer Scream ...