Playing a musical instrument is a constrained motor activity; the instrument has a fixed geometry and playing technique that the performer must accommodate. Although the performer progressively adapts ...

This paper challenges the widely published and generally accepted conclusion that the early three-string violin was tuned g, d1, a1. Based upon a critical re-examination of the bowed-string ...

If you love humming or just making random sounds while reading your newspaper or sipping a cup of coffee, Google's new machine learning Tone Transfer will surely excite you because it may help you ...

One little trick and BAM, you’ve got yourself a brand-new string instrument. Violinist Esther Abrami has come up with a brilliant trick to make a violin sound like a cello: and literally all you have ...