The world's oldest orchestral music, gagaku was imported from mainland China in ancient times. The melody is not based on a ...

The Chinese zither, called guqin, has existed for over 3,000 years and represents China's foremost solo musical instrument tradition. Described in early literary sources and corroborated by ...

Goh is very busy during concert season and loves attending concerts once he is done tuning the instruments before each recital. On the stairs of his workshop there is a beautiful display of an ancient ...

His music draws attention, as does the instrument he plays it on. “The mountain dulcimer is technically part of the zither family, and a zither is any stringed instrument where the strings go ...

The qanun is a traditional Middle Eastern stringed instrument. It has a long history, possibly descended from the ancient Egyptian harp, and is related to the psaltery, dulcimer and zither.