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Bongos - Afro-Cuban Drum
The transatlantic slave trade brought many Africans with a rich heritage of musical knowledge to the Caribbean. Over time, African rhythms synthesized with Spanish folk music, sparking innovations in rhythmic...
Bongos - Afro-Cuban Drum
The transatlantic slave trade brought many Africans with a rich heritage of musical knowledge to the Caribbean. Over time, African rhythms synthesized with Spanish folk music, sparking innovations in rhythmic...
The Vietnamese Dan Tranh – Dramatic Zither of C...
The dan tranh (đàn tranh) is a long zither instrument from Vietnam. The instrument has a long history and has played an integral role in preserving and promoting folk traditions...
The Vietnamese Dan Tranh – Dramatic Zither of C...
The dan tranh (đàn tranh) is a long zither instrument from Vietnam. The instrument has a long history and has played an integral role in preserving and promoting folk traditions...
Resonator Guitars
When the resonator guitar was first developed in the early 1920s, horns and percussion instruments were very popular for dance music, and electric amplification had not yet come into vogue....
Resonator Guitars
When the resonator guitar was first developed in the early 1920s, horns and percussion instruments were very popular for dance music, and electric amplification had not yet come into vogue....
Tres Cubano
The Cuban tres is a percussive stringed instrument. The name tres translates to three, which refers to the 3 courses of doubled strings. Traditionally, these instruments have a pear-shaped body,...
Tres Cubano
The Cuban tres is a percussive stringed instrument. The name tres translates to three, which refers to the 3 courses of doubled strings. Traditionally, these instruments have a pear-shaped body,...
A Panoply of Panpipes!
The panpipe, sometimes called a pan flute, is one of those inventions that seemed to pop up everywhere all at once, dating all the way back to the Neolithic period....
A Panoply of Panpipes!
The panpipe, sometimes called a pan flute, is one of those inventions that seemed to pop up everywhere all at once, dating all the way back to the Neolithic period....
Ocarinas – "Little Goose" Vessel Flutes
The ocarina is a fipple-blown vessel flute. It is such an old instrument that it seems to have existed in some form all around the world, long before the name...
Ocarinas – "Little Goose" Vessel Flutes
The ocarina is a fipple-blown vessel flute. It is such an old instrument that it seems to have existed in some form all around the world, long before the name...