Articles for Musical Instruments

Ghaziabad municipal corporation opens theme-based ‘waste to wonder’ park
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Ghaziabad municipal corporation opens theme-based ‘waste to wonder’ park

Hindustan Times  

Ghaziabad: Discarded tyres, water tanks and geysers, old exhaust fans, dumped soft drink bottles and other scrap material have been creatively used to create various musical instruments, and selfie points at Ghaziabad municipal corporation’s first theme-based “waste to wonder” park in Raj Nagar that was inaugurated on Tuesday. All the discarded scrap material is carefully crafted into various items like …

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HistoriCity: A note on the tabla, maestro Zakir Hussain’s choice of instrument
3 weeks, 4 days ago

HistoriCity: A note on the tabla, maestro Zakir Hussain’s choice of instrument

Hindustan Times  

Hindustani classical music is unthinkable without the tabla and its varying tempo of beats. In the devotional music of all three major religions as well as Sufi and Bhakti sects, the tabla is what often enables transcendence, its beats grounding the devotee in prayer and ‘dhyan’. Since then, the tabla has reigned supreme and has steadily risen in social prestige, …

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Craftsman keeps musical tradition thriving
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Craftsman keeps musical tradition thriving

China Daily  

Nurdun Esmayil makes rewap, a folk musical instrument, in his courtyard in Xinhe county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Oct 15, 2024. Hailing from a village in Xinhe county in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Nurdun Esmayil is a master craftsman specializing in making Uygur folk musical string instruments such as dutar, tambur and satar. Nurdun Esmayil installs strings …

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Behind the scenes of the Tooth Festival in Sri Lanka
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Behind the scenes of the Tooth Festival in Sri Lanka

Firstpost  

The pageantry and spectacle of celebrations have a certain allure that draws you in—their uniqueness lies in the traditions that shape them, offering a window into cultures and histories. The Kandy Esala Perahera, also known as the Festival of the Tooth, is one of Sri Lanka’s most cherished traditions, steeped in history that dates back to the third century BC. …

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Unleash Your Musical Potential: Discover the Best Deals on Musical Instruments During the Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2024
3 months ago

Unleash Your Musical Potential: Discover the Best Deals on Musical Instruments During the Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2024

Hindustan Times  

The Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2024 is an excellent opportunity to shop for a wide range of musical instruments at unbeatable prices. This event features attractive discounts on hand percussion instruments, woodwinds, harmonicas, portable keyboards, steel drums, violins, and guitars. With various styles and sizes available, you can find the perfect instrument to suit your needs and musical preferences. …

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Porcelain gets an instrumental role in a national orchestra
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Porcelain gets an instrumental role in a national orchestra

China Daily  

A Tang Dynasty black-glazed waist drum housed at the Palace Museum in Beijing. About two years ago, musicians of the China National Traditional Orchestra traveled to the city, hoping to get inspired by the Jingdezhen porcelain music instruments, a unique category of musical instruments crafted from porcelain. "We traveled to Jingdezhen many times to do research on those porcelain music …

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Pinaki Bhattacharya whitewashes burning of Bangladeshi Hindu musician Rahul Ananda’s house
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Pinaki Bhattacharya whitewashes burning of Bangladeshi Hindu musician Rahul Ananda’s house

Op India  

On Tuesday, Pinaki Bhattacharya, who is notorious for anti-India propaganda, took to X to whitewash the Islamist attack on the residence of famous Bangladeshi Hindu musician Rahul Anand. Pinaki Bhattacharya also quoted Rahul Anand saying that the fire was ‘unintentional’ and that his family were forced to leave the house with only clothings. Incidentally, apart from Bhattacharya, earlier some of …

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Drawing inspiration from ancient artifacts
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Drawing inspiration from ancient artifacts

China Daily  

"Imagine the anticipation as you approach an exhibit dedicated to ancient civilizations. It's a moment akin to hearing the opening chords of a favorite melody," says singer-songwriter Liu Lian, when asked about her recent visit to Henan Museum in Zhengzhou, the capital city of Henan province. When Liu was invited to a live performance of the Huaxia Ancient Music Orchestra, …

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Drawing inspiration from ancient artifacts
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Drawing inspiration from ancient artifacts

China Daily  

"Imagine the anticipation as you approach an exhibit dedicated to ancient civilizations. It's a moment akin to hearing the opening chords of a favorite melody," says singer-songwriter Liu Lian, when asked about her recent visit to Henan Museum in Zhengzhou, the capital city of Henan province. When Liu was invited to a live performance of the Huaxia Ancient Music Orchestra, …

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Apple apologises for crushing musical instruments in new iPad Pro advertisement
8 months ago

Apple apologises for crushing musical instruments in new iPad Pro advertisement

ABC  

In short: Apple has apologised for an Apple has apologised for an The company no longer plans to run the Apple has apologised for an The ad, which was released by the tech giant on Tuesday, shows a hydraulic press crushing just about every creative instrument artists and consumers have used over the years — from a piano and record …

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Hitting The Right Note
9 months ago

Hitting The Right Note

Deccan Chronicle  

Learning and playing a musical instrument can be one of the most fulfilling experiences in life. Playing music aids emotional expression and can help in coping with anxiety, by providing an outlet for emotions.” Learning to hold instruments correctly promotes good posture, helping physical health in the long term. “People who are learning musical instruments benefit from increased focus, enhanced …

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Sitars, tanpuras made in Maharashtra’s Miraj town get GI tags
9 months ago

Sitars, tanpuras made in Maharashtra’s Miraj town get GI tags

The Hindu  

The sitars and tanpuras of Miraj, a small town in Maharashtra’s Sangli district known for its craftsmanship in making musical instruments, have been awarded the coveted Geographical Indication tags. On March 30, the government of India’s intellectual property office issued GI tag to the Miraj Musical Instruments Cluster for its sitars and to the Soultune Musical Instrument Producer firm for …

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Sitars, tanpuras made in Maharashtra’s Miraj town get GI tags
9 months ago

Sitars, tanpuras made in Maharashtra’s Miraj town get GI tags

Hindustan Times  

Pune, The sitars and tanpuras of Miraj, a small town in Maharashtra’s Sangli district known for its craftsmanship in making musical instruments, have been awarded the coveted Geographical Indication tags. On March 30, the government of India’s intellectual property office issued GI tag to the Miraj Musical Instruments Cluster for its sitars and to the Soultune Musical Instrument Producer firm …

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Calcutta High Court Monthly Digest: November 2023 [Citations 325- 338]
1 year, 1 month ago

Calcutta High Court Monthly Digest: November 2023 [Citations 325- 338]

Live Law  

NOMINAL INDEX Damodar Valley Corporation v BLA Projects Pvt Ltd 2023 LiveLaw 325 In the matter of: Sanjay Kashyap & Anr 2023 LiveLaw 326 Babu Mondal & Ors. 2023 LiveLaw 337 In Re: Dr Kalyanmoy Ganguly 2023 LiveLaw 338 No ‘Contra-Indicia’ To Un-Seat Venue: Calcutta High Court Reiterates The Law On Seat & Venue In Arbitral Proceedings Citation: 2023 LiveLaw …

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Discoveries enhancing our story
1 year, 1 month ago

Discoveries enhancing our story

China Daily  

Scenes from the program show Zhang Chunlong, a researcher at the Hunan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, introducing a wooden strip unearthed from Liye ancient city in Longshan county, Hunan province. The new season focuses on 12 types of cultural relics at the peak of their popularity like jiandu, or wooden and bamboo strips with texts inscribed on …

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Discoveries enhancing our story
1 year, 1 month ago

Discoveries enhancing our story

China Daily  

Scenes from the program show Zhang Chunlong, a researcher at the Hunan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, introducing a wooden strip unearthed from Liye ancient city in Longshan county, Hunan province. The new season focuses on 12 types of cultural relics at the peak of their popularity like jiandu, or wooden and bamboo strips with texts inscribed on …

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Discoveries enhancing our story
1 year, 1 month ago

Discoveries enhancing our story

China Daily  

Scenes from the program show Zhang Chunlong, a researcher at the Hunan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, introducing a wooden strip unearthed from Liye ancient city in Longshan county, Hunan province. The new season focuses on 12 types of cultural relics at the peak of their popularity like jiandu, or wooden and bamboo strips with texts inscribed on …

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Key findings unearth a tale of fascination
1 year, 5 months ago

Key findings unearth a tale of fascination

The Independent  

Archaeological discoveries in Dahutou and Nanshan in Yuecheng district, Shaoxing, Zhejiang province, have shed a fascinating light on daily life in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. “Two wooden oars were unearthed from the relic site of Dahutou, which is the first wooden oar from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty unearthed in Shaoxing, providing materials for the study of its water town,” says …

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World Music Day 2022: Musical Instruments That are Slowly Slipping Into Oblivion
2 years, 6 months ago

World Music Day 2022: Musical Instruments That are Slowly Slipping Into Oblivion

News 18  

WORLD MUSIC DAY 2022: In an age dominated by electronic sounds and techno-based music, the charm of musical instruments is fast losing ground as they slip into oblivion. This especially holds true for Indian classical music, where in both Carnatic and Hindustani gharana, each instrument has helped shape musical style in the past, the loss could be irrevocable. World Music …

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World Music Day 2022| Bollywood stars who play musical instruments: Farhan Akhtar, Vicky Kaushal & more
2 years, 6 months ago

World Music Day 2022| Bollywood stars who play musical instruments: Farhan Akhtar, Vicky Kaushal & more

India TV News  

World Music Day 2022: Bollywood actors are multi-taskers. On the occasion of World Music Day, here are a few Bollywood celebrities who play musical instruments: 1. The ‘Badhaai Ho’ actor takes time out and shares his videos of playing the guitar on Instagram and keeps his fans entertained. The ‘URI The Surgical Strike’ actor shared a snippet of playing the …

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Amazon India offering heavy discount on audio products till 23 June: Know more
2 years, 6 months ago

Amazon India offering heavy discount on audio products till 23 June: Know more

India TV News  

We all know that today's 'World Music Day' is a perfect day to find suitable deals online to buy yourself the right pair of earbuds, neckbands or any music-oriented gadget for yourself. Ecommerce marketplaces are flooded with offers great discounts on a range of products to celebrate the day- from musical instruments to audio products. So, we thought to get …

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Musical heritage resounds in Xinjiang village
2 years, 7 months ago

Musical heritage resounds in Xinjiang village

China Daily  

Rehman Abdulla makes the traditional musical instrument dutar in village of Towanki-ogusak in Kashgar prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, May 28, 2022. "I have been making traditional musical instruments for more than 60 years, since I was a kid," said the Uygur man, who has inherited his skills from a long line of traditional instrument makers. His home …

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Musical heritage resounds in Xinjiang village
2 years, 7 months ago

Musical heritage resounds in Xinjiang village

China Daily  

Rehman Abdulla makes the traditional musical instrument dutar in village of Towanki-ogusak in Kashgar prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, May 28, 2022. "I have been making traditional musical instruments for more than 60 years, since I was a kid," said the Uygur man, who has inherited his skills from a long line of traditional instrument makers. His home …

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National Science Day 2022: 15 Things To Know About CV Raman, Indian Physicist Behind The Raman Effect CV Raman Nobel Prize In Physics 1930 Announced Discovery Of Raman Effect On February 28 1928
2 years, 10 months ago

National Science Day 2022: 15 Things To Know About CV Raman, Indian Physicist Behind The Raman Effect CV Raman Nobel Prize In Physics 1930 Announced Discovery Of Raman Effect On February 28 1928

ABP News  

New Delhi: Indian physicist Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the Raman Effect. Every year, National Science Day is observed on February 28 in India, to commemorate the discovery of the Raman Effect. Raman Wrote On Musical Instruments According to the Nobel …

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