Much of Puerto Rico’s folk music evolved from Spanish folk songs and romantic ballads that blended with native rhythms and Afro-Caribbean influences during the Spanish colonial period from the 16th to the end of the 19th centuries.
Category: Other Instruments
Guide to Harmonicas
The number of harmonica styles, brands, and variations can be daunting for a beginner. This guide to harmonicas can help you find the right harmonica.
The Main Squeeze Orchestra: German Dream Makes Big Squeeze
The Main Squeeze Orchestra is an all-female accordion orchestra based in Manhattan. The group came to be after founder Walter Kühr had a vivid dream.
Learning to Play the Harp
Picking up the harp (or more accurately standing with or sitting next to it) is unlike learning to play any other instrument. The harp is unique, a work of art in itself, and complex and difficult both to play and to maintain.
A Beginner’s Guide to Learning Harmonica
A wonderful Beginners’ Guide to Learning Harmonica with a easy-to-read graph so you don’t need to read paragraphs of texts to understand the basics.
Introducing the Yamaha Venova – what’s a Casual Wind Instrument, anyway?
The Venova is intended to be super accessible and fun to play, without requiring years of practice and private lessons to learn. It’s a hybrid instrument that blends the simplicity of a recorder with the sound of a saxophone.
Unique Orchestral Instruments
This guide explains some of the more unique orchestral instruments you might see and hear from time to time in a symphony orchestra.
How a Harmonica Works
The harmonica is often associated with the blues, but it is also used in jazz, country, rock, pop, and even classical music. It is classified as a free reed wind instrument (or aerophone). So, let’s find out how a harmonica works. It is similar to the pipe organ and the accordion, only notes are selected […]
Grace Kelly Plays Yamaha’s Venova
Yamaha’s latest wind instrument, the Venova, is compact, durable, and great for a saxophone sound on the go. Check out Grace Kelly’s demonstration!
Venova – A Casual Wind Instrument
Check out this rendition of “When the Saints Go Marching In,” on Yamaha’s latest wind instrument, the Venova. These instruments are durable, water-washable, and compact, so they make a great option for music on the go and, they’re just really fun!
