Category Archives: Instruments

Electrophonic instruments

Electrophonic instruments generate their sounds by electronic means. The sound reproduction is often faithful to the instrument the equipment is trying to reproduce. However, although the electrophonic instruments allow for a more stable tone, they do not always allow for … Continue reading

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Morphtable instruments

The use of morphtable instruments can be simply stated as enabling computer generated music to attempt the nuances of music made by an instrument like a piano. A piano played by a musician can sound different depending on the musician … Continue reading

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Hypersense instruments

The “Hypersense Dynamic Nuclear Polariser instrument” was developed by Oxford Instruments in 2005. It is used to efficiently acquire data from nuclear magnetic resonance experiments in a laboratory setting. It is capable of amplifying the baseline sensitivity of NMR imaging’s … Continue reading

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The Most Expensive Guitar in the World

Guitar and music fans, do you know what the most expensive guitar in the world is? No, it is no longer “Blackie,” the guitar played by Eric Clapton during the middle portion of his career. Despite the fact of its … Continue reading

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History of Musical Instruments

Mankind has been making and using musical instruments in one form or another for thousands of years. Early humans first discovered the art of making sound on the drum. The first drums were hollow logs, and the sounds may have … Continue reading

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