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How to Play the Quena Flute
Learning to play the quena starts with one key skill: producing a clear, consistent tone. The fingerings are relatively straightforward, but becaus...
Traditional Peruvian Musical Instruments
Peru's musical traditions are rich with history, heavily influenced by indigenous cultures, and have evolved through centuries of blending with Spa...
The Complete Ocarina Guide
If you’re new to the ocarina, the different shapes, hole counts, materials and playing styles can make choosing one confusing. This complete guide ...
Free Online Instrument Tuner
Tune a guitar, ukulele or kalimba in your browser using your microphone. See whether each note is flat or sharp, and adjust until it reads in tune. No app needed.
How to Play the Panpipes for Beginners
Learning to play the panpipes is easier than it looks once you understand the basic technique. In this beginner’s guide, you’ll learn how to hold t...
Where to Buy Bamboo Panpipes
Choosing the right panpipes can be confusing because different designs vary in size, tuning, number of notes, material, sound and price. In this gu...
Musical Spoons – Complete Guide
This complete guide covers the origins of musical spoons, the differences between wood and metal, how size and hand size affect playing, how to cho...
How to EQ Kashaka Shakers
The kashaka shaker produces fast transients, sharp attacks, and a wide spread of high-frequency detail. A clean recording comes from controlling ha...
Kashaka Shaker – Complete Guide
Two small gourds on a length of rope, and one of the most rhythmically addictive instruments you can fit in a pocket. This guide covers what a kash...
Carved Arcade Launches Instrumonsters
Carved Arcade has launched Instrumonsters, a free browser-based game where musical instruments become characters with their own personalities, atta...
