The artifacts represent the earliest-known stringed instruments found in Southeast Asia. A reconstruction of the chordophone, crafted out of deer antler. Photo: Antiquity (2023). DOI: ...

Throughout musical history, countless instruments have faced extinction, victims of changing tastes, industrialization, and ...

Yichang stringed and woodwind instrumental music is unique among all the folk instrumental music in Hubei Province. It takes strings and bamboos as main instruments to perform. It is a variety of ...

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The orutu, a one-stringed Luo musical instrument, was historically played by men during celebrations, storytelling, and ceremonies such as mourning. For years, cultural beliefs discouraged women from ...