The large bamboo flute called daegeum, used in traditional Korean music, is uniquely capable of producing a wide range of listening experiences from a single ancient woodwind instrument. Daegeum, a ...

The first flutes excavated in China were made from bone. Today, ones made from bamboo are widely used in Chinese music and opera This is the seventh in a series of articles about classical Chinese ...

Melody is part of the Bangladeshi DNA, and no melody is complete without an instrument to go with it. Words often do not need a place as the sound of the bamboo flute mingles into the moonlight.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese bamboo flute has long been one of the most popular wind instruments, containing the essence of Vietnamese music. The moody sound it produces has signified the ...

The program included a range of works that showcased Zhang Weiliang's unique artistic style, deeply rooted in his cultural ...

If you are planning to learn a wind instrument, beginning with a flute will not be a bad idea. Though it is not too easy to learn a flute, the soothing sound of this instrument has the power of making ...

An artisan blows a newly-made Yuping bamboo flute at a workshop in Yuping Dong Autonomous County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 23, 2019. As a traditional Chinese musical instrument, ...

From a Japanese bamboo flute that is harvested and then cured to an unusual fretless zither and a blue Fender Strat, three performers tell the stories of the instruments they cherish A central figure ...

This is the seventh ina series of articles about classical Chinese instruments and the traditional Chinese music orchestra, in which we explore how musicians play the eight different types of ...