Archive: January 2010

Banjo

The banjo is a stringed instrument developed by enslaved Africans in the United States, adapted from several African instruments. The

Bandura

Bandura (Ukrainian: Банду́ра) refers to a Ukrainian plucked string folk instrument. It combines elements of a box zither and lute, as well as to

Balalaika

The balalaika family of instruments includes, from the highest-pitched to the lowest, the prima balalaika, sekunda balalaika, alto balalaika, bass balalaika

Bagpipes

Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument, aerophones using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form

Autoharp

There is debate over the origin of the autoharp. A German immigrant in Philadelphia by the name of Charles

Appalachian dulcimer

The Appalachian dulcimer (or mountain dulcimer)

Duduk

The duduk is a traditional woodwind instrument, popular with the people of Caucasus, Middle East and Eastern Europe.

Sound Forge

Sony Sound Forge (formerly known as Sonic Foundry Sound Forge) is a digital audio editing suite by Sony Creative Software which is aimed at the professional and semi-professional markets.

Adobe Soundbooth

Adobe Soundbooth is a digital audio editor by Adobe Systems for Mac OS X, Windows XP and Vista.

Phonograph cylinder

The first practical sound recording and reproduction device was the mechanical phonograph cylinder, invented by Thomas Edison in 1877 and patented in 1878.