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Playing a complex guitar solo ought to be impossible. To elicit the desired torrent of notes, the fingers of one hand must move nimbly around the fretboard, while the other hand plucks the strings, in ...

Along with the gradual evolution of written music, the evolution of instruments over time also helps illustrate how music has never been rigid. To create its sound world, the Medieval Women’s Choir is ...