Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...

Composers have been writing music for the group of instruments we call an orchestra for the last four centuries. Endlessly adaptable and always evolving, an orchestra can be made up of 20 players or ...

Introduction Can you name the bestselling musical instrument in the world? If you said…harmonica, you're right! The harmonica was patented in 1821 by a 16-year-old German boy. Since then it's become ...

Educator Ruth Mork teams up with Don Voegeli to explore music and sound. Don performs “Funiculì, Funiculà” on piano in three distinct styles, then introduces string instruments (violin), woodwinds ...

The physical modelling and simulation of string instruments is an interdisciplinary field that integrates mathematical analyses, numerical simulations, and experimental validations to replicate the ...

The “Ole Bull” Stradivarius, made in 1687, photographed with flowers and props reminiscent of a Dutch still life from the period. Claire Rosen More than 4,500 years after an enterprising Mesopotamian ...