Watch as our very special guest, BBC NOW violinist Gwenllian Hâf MacDonald, shows you how to create your own musical ...

Start your family band by crafting some awesome homemade instruments. Most of these are super easy to make, and kids will have a blast banging on a tin can drum, shaking DIY maracas, and making some ...

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Accompaniments. One-string washtub bass ; Soup can diddley bow ; Electrified stomp box and washboard -- Guitars. Three-string cigar box slide guitar ; Cookie tin guitar ; Fretted four-string tenor ...

LEWIS – Bobby Wintringham, the sole, steady and unassuming hand behind San Juan Mandolins, prefers to be in the background. He’s putting the finishing touches on instrument No. 84, a guitar-shaped ...

Paul Gardinier loves the exactitude. That’s the part of making string instruments that stands out as the Juneau man’s favorite. “It’s super precise,” Gardinier told the Capital City Weekly while ...

Some of the greatest musicians in the world did not come from privileged backgrounds. As children, many of America's future Charlie Parkers, Louis Armstrongs, Freddie Hubbards and Art Blakeys can't ...