He has authored a new book featuring musical instruments made of bamboo and the culture that surrounds the instruments and those who play them. (Karin Higgins/UC Davis) Archaic Instruments in Modern ...

Flautist Marselus Selu has started a music collective on the island of Flores to foster traditional wind instruments made from native bamboo. The 64-year-old taught himself to build and play the ...

From selecting the finest bamboo to the delicate shaping and tuning, discover how this ancient musical instrument is brought to life with unmatched precision. Experience the magic of sound as ...

Today, ones made from bamboo are widely used in Chinese music and opera This is the seventh in a series of articles about classical Chinese instruments and the traditional Chinese music orchestra ...

I was surprised to find few young people there interested in traditional Japanese music. Precious and playable antique instruments like the shakuhachi, a traditional bamboo flute, could be bought ...

From the earliest playable musical instruments to their roles in a modern ... are wind instruments with a bottle gourd for a base and bamboo pipes with finger holes used to play notes.

Today’s Google Doodle seen in limited regions celebrates the Angklung, which is a unique bamboo musical instrument that is played in Indonesia. An interesting subject for a homepage Doodle ...

Have you ever heard the clinking and clanking of bamboo musical instruments, tuned and played so harmoniously that it becomes melodious? Meet the angklung, a traditional instrument said to ...

PIKIRAN RAKYAT - Angklung is a traditional musical instrument originating from Indonesia, crafted from bamboo and played by shaking it. This instrument hails from the Sunda region in West Java. The ...

Bamboo is fast-growing, widely available and versatile, which makes it a useful material for everything from fabric to houses. It has long been a popular material for making musical instruments in ...