Tubas were the last instruments added to the modern orchestra. This was because the tuba is the most highly advanced acoustical instrument and could be created only after the other traditional orchestra instruments.

The word “trumpet” denotes both the modern brass orchestral instrument and also a more general type: a wind instrument that amplifies sound produced by rapid vibration of tightly pursed lips.

The trombone is a brass instrument, a variant of the trumpet whose distinguishing characteristic is that the length of the tube in which sound is produced can be altered by means of a slide–a U-shaped telescoping section that recedes into the main body of the tube like a section of a radio antenna.

The modern orchestral brass French horn was an invention based on early hunting horns. Horns were first used as musical instruments during 16th century operas.

Often thought of as the quintessential musical emblem of the Appalachian mountains, the banjo actually provides a tangible reminder of American popular music’s African origins.

Jane’s Addiction were one of the most hotly pursued rock bands when they gained notice in Los Angeles in the mid-’80s, with record companies at their feet.

Heavy D was born Dwight Errington Myers in Mandeville, Jamaica in 1967 and moved with his family to Mount Vernon, New York, as a young child.

Johann Sebastian Bach was better known as a virtuoso organist than as a composer in his day.

Gilbert Mulamba is an artist who enjoys playing gentle and uplifting melodies on the piano. He has often been referred as the worship musician.

Native American music is as vast and diverse as the people who create it, and each tribe has its own musical approach and style that has been passed down for centuries.