For as far back as we are able to look into the prehistory of the human race, music has been a crucial part of the life of humans. Some scholars even speculate that human music may have come before ...

Exploring the origins of the humble electric guitar, namely the 1932 Rickenbacker Frying Pan lap guitar which was the first ...

Where do you begin a history of electronic music and the synthesizer? The popular and somewhat easy view is that the two are entwined, that electronic music started with the invention of the ...

You are no doubt familiar with the Moog synthesizer, the 1960s instrument that came to represent electronic music for most people, and the Theremin, which gave us spooky electronic sounds since the ...

A second-hand instrument shop, run by a charity which creates musical experiences for people with learning difficulties, will close. Electric Umbrella, based in Watford, helps its members to make ...

Nothing can stir your senses like a tuneful number. Most of us are well-versed with the guitar and the tabla. But, a little curiosity could lead you to explore musical instruments that might be ...

What’s the strangest musical instrument? How about the sackbut, the glass armonica, the theremin, the ondes martenot, or the Telharmonium, Trautonium, or Badgermin? What’s the strangest musical ...