When a traditional bass doesn’t have enough low end to serve the music you’re playing, then you might want to explore some of the best 5-string bass guitars instead. Having an extra low string gives ...

BATTLE GROUND — One day in December 2016, during a rail journey into same northern Italian countryside where the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari made his stringed masterpieces, Mark and Sharon ...

• View this story alongside more photos, a slideshow and a video. When Frank Ford and Richard Johnston first met as college students back in the 1960s, introduced by a mutual friend, it was evident ...

At the tender age of 4, Michael Becker began playing the violin. He played in the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra while studying music at Drake University, and 21 years ago he and his wife started their ...

When we think about rock music, we can agree it's a genre most commonly plied and voiced via the instrument of electric guitar. While rock and the guitar are not mutually exclusive, and the insights ...

PALO ALTO -- With Grammy Awards set for Sunday, CBS News Bay Area introduces you to the man who taught nominee Molly Tuttle how to play bluegrass music - her father, Jack Tuttle. He took CBS News Bay ...

This is the sixth in a series of articles about classical Chinese instruments and the traditional Chinese music orchestra, in which we explore how musicians play the eight different types of ...