The Grammy winner popularized the upside-down tuning in funk guitar and it has been a pillar of her sound. Now, her new La ...

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Playing a musical instrument is a constrained motor activity; the instrument has a fixed geometry and playing technique that the performer must accommodate. Although the performer progressively adapts ...

Standing at a workbench in his studio in Kuala Lumpur, Tan Chin Seng tunes a violin he has just finished making. The 45-year-old is Malaysia’s first professional violin maker. For Tan, creating the ...