Too tentative to be a glorious match - Tonight
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:06:52 GMT+00:00
Tonight The kora, a multi- stringed instrument from West Africa, was traditionally the instrumental accompaniment favoured by the griots, the bards, philosophers or ...

How Much Should You Spend on a College Instrument - Strings Magazine
Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:56:12 GMT+00:00
Strings Magazine Levitz took advantage of fine instruments available on loan in the Juilliard School stringed instrument collection, and her talent blossomed. ...

Often the brunt of musical jokes, the humble ukulele is coming into its own ... - The Cairns Post
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:25:31 GMT+00:00
The Cairns Post It evolved from a braginho, a traditional Portuguese four- stringed instrument, introduced to the island in 1879. >> It gained great popularity in the US ...

On the job: Angel Hernandez, Owner of Angel Violins, Worcester, designer ... - Worcester Telegram
Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:12:57 GMT+00:00
Worcester Telegram From talking to fellow string players in the area, I came to realize that Worcester was an ideal place to set up a violin shop. There hasn't been a violin ...

Man builds banjos by hand; documents luthiers - al.com
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:32:53 GMT+00:00
al.com Arnold is a luthier, someone who makes and repairs stringed instruments. He earned national attention and helped promote his craft when he was asked to ...

Summer camp for strings - Montgomery Advertiser
Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:07:24 GMT+00:00
Montgomery Advertiser "We discovered that kids didn't have any summer camps offered to them for stringed instruments, and I wanted to change that," Steineker said. ...

Ukulele fever grips Cairns clan - Cairns Post
Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:20:23 GMT+00:00
Cairns Post All four generations of the family are so passionate about the stringed instrument, even 80-year-old grandmother Paula flew north from Sydney, ...

Early music festival begins this Thursday in Stoke Newington - Hackney Gazette
Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:14:16 GMT+00:00
Hackney Gazette The viol consort is like a string quartet - using stringed treble, tenor and bass instruments which were forerunners to the modern-day cello. ...

Pro Portfolio: A Spanish remodel in Santa Monica - Los Angeles Times (blog)
Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:21:38 GMT+00:00
Los Angeles Times (blog) Built-in bookshelves were added, as well as the pull-out cabinet in the corner of the room used to store the family's stringed instruments. ...

JUNIP (Jose Gonzalez, Elias Araya,Tobias Winterkorn) - SFStation.com
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:36:34 GMT+00:00
SFStation.com --TwentyFourBit.com The sound is familiar to those who have listened to Jose, but added to the mix on top of his nylon stringed guitar and characteristic ...

Downtown, a Durable Vision of Jazz - Wall Street Journal
Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:14:33 GMT+00:00
Wall Street Journal ... table of their East Village apartment, surrounded by musical instruments of far-flung provenance drums, gongs, an eight- stringed Malian kamele ngoni. ...

Free iPhone Apps to Help Musicians Stay in Tune and on Beat - TMC Net
Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:04:27 GMT+00:00
TMC Net Most instruments have several tunings available, so no matter which stringed instrument you play or what style of music, you will know your instrument is in ...

Video Premiere: Rodrigo y Gabriela's 'Hanuman' - AceShowbiz (blog)
Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:30:36 GMT+00:00
AceShowbiz (blog) ... but the base soundscape is now subtly supplemented by percussion, occasional piano and a fresh arsenal of stringed instruments from around the world, ...

Lyric opera stage band manager Charles Stine dead at 74 - Chicago Tribune
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:47:25 GMT+00:00
Chicago Tribune "He always liked promoting the idea that Schurz High School's string orchestra had the second oldest stringed orchestra in the city of Chicago, ...

Solicitor: 'I am very glad I came' - The Epoch Times
Sat, 05 Jun 2010 06:14:11 GMT+00:00
The Epoch Times The erhu is a two- stringed instrument, sometimes compared to the human voice, with an otherworldly quality that touches many viewers of Shen Yun. ... Maori Community Liaison Officer: 'Everything was spectacular' The Epoch Times Shen Yun 'really impressive' The Epoch Times Shen Yun Is Phenomenal The Epoch Times The Epoch Times  - The Epoch Times  - The Epoch Times

Indian musician performs benefit for India Cultural Center - Salt Lake Tribune
Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:19:50 GMT+00:00
Salt Lake Tribune Aashish Khan, 70, is widely recognized as the best player alive on the sarod , a stringed instrument that along with the sitar is the most noteworthy ...

Classical success story - Salina.com
Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:34:19 GMT+00:00
Salina.com After committing to the classical guitar, Stroer replaced his old steel- stringed instrument with a guitar with nylon strings. It was constructed by a Kansas ...

Home is where the harp is - Bangkok Post
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:22:00 GMT+00:00
Bangkok Post I was amazed at how similar the Burmese 16- stringed harp sounded to several West African stringed instruments, particularly the 21- stringed harp, the kora, ...

Local group 'plays the strings of their hearts' - Urbana Daily Citizen
Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:03:33 GMT+00:00
Urbana Daily Citizen Now the hammered dulcimer is also a stringed musical instrument, but with the strings stretched over a trapezoidal sounding board. ...

Braun - Provosty - Alexandria Town Talk
Sun, 27 Jun 2010 08:09:00 GMT+00:00
Alexandria Town Talk Stringed instruments provided music for the ceremony, and Be Thou My Vision was sung by Barbara Breckinridge accompanied by McDonald Provosty on guitar. ...