Say something more about this... David Schneider sits with his new custom Gibson guitar at his home in Fairfield, Conn. It was given to him by Gibson after hearing of his plight of a broken guitar due to baggage handlers at Delta Airlines. Associated Press file....

Guitar Thoughts: A few suggestions for choosing your first guitar.An acoustic guitar is a good choice. If you canafford a small amplifier, get an acoustic/electricguitar for practicing. An acoustic/electric guitar will give you more volume when you need to jam with...

HONOLULU —Lawmakers are considering a bill that would make the ukulele the state's official musical instrument. The bill passed through a house committee Wednesday with a unanimous vote. It now goes to the House floor for consideration. The ukulele comes from...

JETSTAR passengers will now be allowed to carry musical instruments as carry-on items. Under the new policy, musicians will be allowed to store instruments which weigh less than 10kg and are smaller than 85cm in height, 36cm in width and 23cm in depth, in cabin...

Recent revisions to British Airways' carry-on luggage rules can confuse travelers with musical instruments. Recent revisions to British Airways' carry-on luggage rules can confuse travelers with musical instruments. My two-week stay in Europe ended earlier this week...

Michael Jackson was on to something when he sang that "A-B-C" is "simple as "Do Re Mi." Music helps kids remember basic facts such as the order of letters in the alphabet, partly because songs tap into fundamental systems in our brains that are sensitive to melody and...

Cello Players Lay Down a Hip-Hop Beat The people of Portland, Oregon enjoy a reputation for living somewhat outside the mainstream, so it should come as no surprise that a group of the city's cello players is using its classical instruments to lay down hip-hop beats....

The mysteries of sound – what instrument makes what noise – are solved during an open house with the Vancouver Island Symphony. When we listen to music on our iPhones, iPods, computers, TVs and at the movie theatre we hear sounds, but do we know the instruments they...

The following article tells about a music school in the United Kingdom teaching guitar, drums, ukulele, vocals, violin, flute, piano, and recorder: Published on the 06 January 014 A Haddington school is preparing to make sweet music in 2014. Lamp House Music, a music...

The following article tells about the discovery of flutes dating back 40,000 + years. Researchers have identified what they say are the oldest-known musical instruments in the world. The flutes, made from bird bone and mammoth ivory, come from a cave in southern...