The musical lines tend to be monophonic with occasional supporting intervals (9ths, 4ths, 5ths predominant) at pivotal phrase points. Melodic phrases weave between lower and higher registers of the ...

Archaeologists have found musical instruments made from animal bones that are 60,000 years old. The history of Western European music can be divided into separate periods of time. Each period has ...

It is a transposing instrument and is typically notated one octave higher ... and is featured in concertos, solo and chamber music in Western classical music. The bass is used in a range of other ...

“I had a visual of instruments in ... neighboring states, with music being among those strong bonds. “There is something very special about east Tennessee and western North Carolina and ...