Africa is a culturally rich continent, and its musical instruments reflect that vibrant heritage. The instruments not only ...

The artifacts represent the earliest-known stringed instruments found in Southeast Asia. A reconstruction of the chordophone, crafted out of deer antler. Photo: Antiquity (2023). DOI: 10.15184/aqy ...

And when it comes to musical instruments, ... A unique string instrument, the Sarod is a minimal one. But it is used even today in folk music, and even in contemporary music.

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It also has a long history in Chinese musical instruments – so much so that the Mandarin term sizhu, which translates as “ silk and bamboo”, refers to string and wind musical instruments.