The Yamaha FG830 offers exceptional beginner value by using a solid spruce top typically found in much more expensive acoustic guitars. As an industry icon, the Martin D-28 features all-solid wood ...

Fingerstyle playing demands individual note clarity and tonal separation that strumming doesn't require. Unlike strumming's broad motions across all strings, fingerstyle assigns specific fingers to ...

As a child, Dr. Philippa Strum aspired to become “the world’s greatest cellist” before shifting her interests to political science, especially constitutional law and civil liberties. Since the 1970s, ...

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Thanks to experience and precedence, we can assume this guitar will grow old gracefully. As it stands, it’s off to a great start. Looks and feels like a classic Martin dread. The combination of Sitka ...

The Mandolin is a stringed musical instrument that has similar features with the guitar. They are played by plucking. Mandolins were originally invented in Italy, over the years; these unique musical ...

Philippa Strum, Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, is the Center’s former Director of the Division of United States Studies as well as Broeklundian Professor of ...