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Virtuoso’s flutes destroyed by US customs
Before complaining about an airline that temporarily loses your luggage, consider Boujemaa Razgui. The flute virtuoso who performs regularly with The Boston Camerata Lost 13 handmade flutes during the holidays when a US customs officer at…
Headbanging in Bolivia on the flutes of yesteryear
Heavy metal would seem an unlikely match for the generally calming sounds of Andean folk music. Yet some metaleros have said that the characteristic aggressiveness of their music has a natural counterpart in a traditional Andean dance and…
Ancient Bone Flutes Said Music Predates Writing
ZHENGZHOU, China, November 4 (UPI) -- According to archaeologists, three flutes made from bird bones found in a tomb in central China are proof that distant ancestors played music long before they could write.
Made from the bones of…
Choosing a musical instrument for children based on personality and body type
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Music teachers use body type and personality to determine the best instrument for a child
Experts examine how outgoing a child is, lip size, height to make the best match
The…
Circle V Ranch Camp Hosts “Flutes Across the World”
Circle V Ranch campers first participated in the "Flutes Across the World" project in 2011 and again in 2012.
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Led by award-winning composer, musician and artist/educator John Zeretzke, 150 Circle V Ranch campers ages 7-13 will…
Flutes and flatterers | OUPblog
By Anatoly Liberman
One of the most intriguing chapters in the science and pseudoscience of etymology is the names of musical instruments. Many of these names travel from country to country, and we are surprised when a word with…
Turn your iOS device into a musical instrument for free with Ocarina 2
Join the leaders of online gaming at GamesBeat Summit Next on November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.
It might seem silly to play your phone like a musical instrument, but that's exactly what over six million iOS…
Bone Flutes Found in German Caves Point to Roots of Creativity
Joke about flute players all you want, but it seems more likely that our early musical impulses were fueled by a variation on such an instrument based on recent finds in caves in southern Germany.While exploring a human cave along the…
The cavemen had a musical instrument like in The Flintstones
it seems the cavemen also had a thriving music scene many thousands of years before the birth of Mozart, Brahms and BeethovenFine tuning: A flute dating back more than 40,000 years (Image: PA)Cartoon caveman Fred Flintstone occasionally!-->…
Henan bone flutes date from 6000 BC. AD | Life | chinadaily.com.cn
Henan bone flutes date from 6000 BC.
Updated: 2011-09-06 07:58
By Zhang Zixuan (China Daily)