Benjamin Franklin invented the glass harmonica, inspired by the parlor trick of playing music on water-filled glasses. The ...

Ludwig Göransson built The Odyssey score with ancient instruments, bronze percussion, synthesizers, and James Blake's voice, ...

At a small factory in Sheffield city centre, hundreds of small metal tuning forks are made every day before being shipped ...

Percussion instruments have a way of anchoring a song. They keep time, sure, but the ones that also carry melody add something harder to describe: a shimmer that feels like harmony without ever ...

The orchestra’s percussion section sits at the back for a reason. It supplies the heartbeat, the punctuation, and the occasional earthquake that makes the entire ensemble feel alive. Without it, even ...

“We advise passengers carrying musical instruments that do not fit as hand carry items to purchase the Musical Instrument allowance through CEB Special Baggage.” Thus, said Cebu Pacific (CEB), adding ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Benjamin Franklin invented the ...

How an Indian found a way to classify musical instruments 2,000 years before the West Science of Sound: Around 2,000 years before the German Hornbostel-Sachs system, India's Natya Shastra had already ...

Scott Yoo learns about how Icelandic percussion instruments helped create and inspire “Hekla” by Jón Leifs. Scott Yoo crosses this sunlit, rainy, volcanic land of extremes to meet Icelandic composers.

Performer, percussionist, professor, product collaborator: Taku Hirano BM ’95 MA ’24 has built a career that knows no bounds. The 2026 Berklee Alumni Achievement Award recipient has toured with ...

Hellman’s is finally answering the question on everyone’s minds: Is mayonnaise an instrument? The question was infamously first posed about 25 years ago by the lovable starfish Patrick on “SpongeBob ...

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