Bach never heard his harpsichord make sounds like this. Students in the History and Technology of Musical Instruments class taught by Matias Homar at Rochester Institute of Technology got the chance ...

What if there were a way to create accurate replicas of ancient and historical instruments that could be played and heard?In late 2024, senior MIT postdoc Benjamin Sabatini wrote MIT Professor Eran ...

Discover the essential music instruments for creating captivating Hip Hop beats. Explore drum machines, synthesizers, and samplers, and learn valuable tips for choosing the right instrument to achieve ...

“Musical Bodies,” a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, revels in the blurry boundaries between humans and instruments. By Joshua Barone Visuals by Ye Fan Clap your hands. Tap a foot.

Crisp, warm, responsive. The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) is on a journey to meet these benchmarks under the baton of music director Gianandrea Noseda. One of the ways in which he's shaping a new ...

Digital electronics has profoundly changed musical instrument design. From toy keyboards to performance-grade pianos, synthesizers, and drum sets, to name a few, instruments that once would have been ...