When we think about rock music, we can agree it's a genre most commonly plied and voiced via the instrument of electric guitar. While rock and the guitar are not mutually exclusive, and the insights ...

Violin, viola, cello, double bass and harp are classical family members, but your suggestions may take a bow to other genres and pluck out many a musical gem I felt, at first, the sudden clasp of ...

From a huge ensemble of works featuring violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp and more from last week’s topic, RR regular treefrogdemon plucks out a list to tug at the heartstrings Are orchestral ...

Some audiences might consider a string-trio concert to be a somewhat stuffy affair. Maybe the dress code calls for a coat and tie, and applause — or cellphone snapshots — are likely to be discouraged ...

The double bass or simply the bass (and numerous other names) is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra. It is a transposing instrument and is ...

The Beyond: Microtonal Music Festival returns to Pittsburgh this weekend. Microtonal music, according to festival organizers, “expands the possibilities of sound by using tuning systems beyond, or in ...