This is a virtual instrument for creating and perfecting concert setlists. With the Running-order desk, you create a concert program simply by clicking on repertoire cards with your mouse (or typing ...

Musical tradition is at times a rather odd element of this popular art. One of those traditions that still holds true for today is that of using Italian terms to instruct a performer in notated scores ...

A dulcimer is a stringed folk instrument which basically comes in two different varieties: the hammered dulcimer – which has strings stretched over a sounding board with a trapezoidal shape, generally ...

French composer Claude Debussy did not align himself with the movement that became known as Impressionism. Understandably, Debussy resisted this classification as with it could come restrictions, ...

When the world of the moving picture arrived in the early part of the 20th century, it was a revolution. What is often referred to as the silent years from around 1910 to 1927 marked a turning point ...

Reggae music has had a profound influence on many aspects of Western culture from fashion to popular music. Across the United Kingdom, the USA and Africa, Reggae secured a strong foothold in the ...

It’s very important to instill good posture habits at the piano. Sitting squarely at the keyboard, feet on the floor (or on a low stool for children), with a straight back. But once in a while, you ...

Calculate tuned tube lengths from note frequency, material stiffness, density, diameter, wall thickness, end allowance, and free-free tube overtone behavior. Wind chime tubes behave like free-free ...

Convert peak watts, peak voltage, or peak current into RMS values for audio signals, bench tests, and waveform checks using the correct crest factor.

Check subwoofer impedance, RMS power match, amplifier stability, cable loss, current draw, and damping factor before pairing a sub with an amp. Count physical drivers connected to the amplifier ...

The tambourine is probably one of the easiest and most fun musical instruments to play anywhere in the world. If you have any rhythm at all, and sometimes even if you don’t, you, too, can play a ...

Contemporary classical music is a varied genre that generally includes music written throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The term “contemporary classical music” embodies a wide range ...