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Learning how to play a musical instrument is a great way to express yourself, and it can also be a lot of fun. But if you’re new to music, it can be hard to know which instrument is best for you. To ...

This is the second article in a series imploring STEM workers, students, and entrepreneurs to learn to create music. The first article explained why playing an instrument or producing music has many ...

The positive effects of playing a musical instrument range from improving brain efficiency to heightening speech processing, which makes it easier to understand what people are saying in a noisy ...

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 ...

Remember the recorder? It's that small plastic instrument — looks kind of like a flute or clarinet — that's often the first instrument children learn to play in school. Or, at least, they used to. But ...

Learning to play an instrument has long been linked to improved reading skills among children, and we may finally understand ...

Internationally renowned violin maker and instrument conservator Rodrigo Correa-Salas has been responsible for maintaining, reviewing, overseeing and preserving all 13,000 instruments and objects at ...