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musical instruments

The group Obiní Batá has taught dozens on women how to play Afro-Cuban drums since it started in the early 1990s.
Music
How a group of Cuban female musicians claimed a drum — and a tradition
Yuxin Wu plays the Chinese gehu string instrument.
The World's Global Classroom
Chinese musician works to revive the gehu instrument
Weedie Braimah's "The Hands of Time" features the power and range of the djembe.
Music
Musician Weedie Braimah lets the djembe speak for itself
A banner with representations of the Lebanese flag hangs on a damaged building in a neighborhood near the site of the explosion
Music
Musicians across the world sing tributes to Beirut
theremin
Happy 100th birthday, theremin!
A man holds a guitar in his arms. Behind him are four more guitars on stands.
The electric guitar wasn’t built for rock musicians