In the sixth session of Chinese Music Tutorial, we will be introducing a classic Chinese folk instrument dacha (big Chinese cymbal). Percussionist Tong Shengyuan is here to compare the differences ...

Japanese telecoms giant Docomo has created an enormous forest-based xylophone over which a wooden ball rolls to play a piece of music. Why? To promote the new Touch Wood SH-08C of course. The ...

Founded in 1954 by Hugh Tracey, ILAM is the largest repository of African music in the world. A research institution devoted to the study of music in Africa, it preserves thousands of historical ...