Southwestern Stringed Instrument

Path winds through stronghold of mountain music.(Daily Break)
The Virginian Pilot; 11/1/2009; 1453 words; ...and Appalachian regions of Southwestern Virginia - and I don't...out of pickups with their instruments and amble over to the patio...had barely learned which instrument was the mandolin before...concentration of luthiers, or stringed-instrument makers. So I stop in Galax...

The sound of music.(GEOGRAPHICAL archive)
Geographical; 2/1/2009; 1171 words; ...1913, Mongolia. A two-stringed instrument that sounds similar to a...in the left hand, these instruments tended to be used in rituals...power, rather than musical instruments, although some were sounded...Yoruba people who inhabited southwestern Nigeria used 'talking drums...

hot sounds
Strings; 11/1/2008; 1191 words; ...Then she handed her instrument to me and let me play...education program at Southwestern College in neighboring...mariachi class at Southwestern, and devotes additional...learn proficiency with stringed instruments, says Jeff Nevin...composer, founded the Southwestern program, which ...

Young violinists are discovering a passion for mariachi
Strings; 11/1/2008; 1185 words; ...Then she handed her instrument to me and let me play...education program at Southwestern College in neighboring...mariachi class at Southwestern, and devotes additional...learn proficiency with stringed instruments, says Jeff Nevin...composer, founded the Southwestern program, which ...

Korean Kayagum Sanjo: A Traditional Instrumental Genre.(Book review)
Korean Studies; 1/1/2008; 1284 words; ...performed on a solo melodic instrument with rhythmic accompaniment...the kayagum, a twelve-stringed zither, and then was gradually...adapted to a variety of Korean instruments. Some contemporary musicians...characteristics of Korea's southwestern Cholla provinces. Several...illuminates the origins ...