Spider silk is turning out to be a remarkably versatile material. Aside from having a higher heat conductivity than any other organic matter and proteins for inserting genes into cells, strings from a ...

Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...

Forty-five years ago, as a freshman in college, Cal Meineke was poking around a music department storage room and came across a rare Tyrolean violin made in the 17th century by the German Matthias ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It is 3:30 on a Monday afternoon in May. It is sunny outside. School is out for the day. And yet — inside a darkish room beside an ...

Which violin tuner IS best? Tuning a violin is much the same as tuning any stringed instrument, with the notes ascending in perfect fifths as G, D, A and E, the latter being the highest in pitch. An ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Hunter Choy and his late grandfather’s violin are teaming up to keep a family legacy alive. Last year, the 10-year-old Caroline Street school fifth-grader began playing the ...

Spiders might soon give you goosebumps in a good way. Strands of spider silk have been used to make violin strings that have a unique and thrilling sound, thanks perhaps to the way the strands deform ...

The violin is arguably the world’s most popular instrument. Its expressive tones suit a variety of musical styles, from fast and furious to slow and sanguine. Becoming popular in the 16 th century ...

Violinist Shiqi Luo is teaching violin at Brighter Bee Academy in Jersey City(Photo by Zhi Li) Violinist Shiqi Luo is teaching violin at Brighter Bee Academy in Jersey City(Photo by Zhi Li) NEW YORK, ...