An curved arrow pointing right. The Sitarmakers of Miraj, India, have been crafting musical instruments out of pumpkins for almost 200 years. They are known for making the tanpura, a string instrument ...

What is an orchestra? What are the families of the orchestra? Videos: What do they sound like? What is a conductor? What music does the orchestra play? The string family includes the violin, viola, ...

Composers have been writing music for the group of instruments we call an orchestra for the last four centuries. Endlessly adaptable and always evolving, an orchestra can be made up of 20 players or ...