Here I’m building a soprano 14” scale ukulele on a Chinese Bottle gourd.

Ceolas houses the largest online collection of information on celtic music, and has links to hundreds of related sites.

By 1969, the year he recorded "Delusion of the Fury," Harry Partch had designed 27 new instruments, all to be played on stage at the same time in a spatial ritual theater. These instruments were made to be beautiful in sound, vision, and "magical purpose."

From the simple 3-string cigar box guitar instructional that started the Cigar Box Guitar Revolution to historical plans dating back to the 1800's...we've collected them all.

This blog is dedicated to the sublime instruments called nose flutes which produce the most divine sound ever. We have chosen to discard all the native models from S. Pacific and Asia, for they need fingering to be played. We'll concentrate on "bucal cavity driven" nose flutes : the well patented and trademarked metal or plastic ones, plus, by a condemnable indulgence, some wooden craft or home-made productions.

The main body of the Eigenharp software is now Open Source software, released under the GPLv3. If you are interested this enables you to develop Agents, help fix bugs and contribute to the ongoing Eigenharp project.

Highly portable. Fits in your pocket: only Ø16 x 249 mm (Ø5/8" x 10") Contains all the electronics as well as the battery: no extra box to plug in. Uses standard Ø3.5 mm stereo earphones: perfect to play on buses, trains etc. Ideal for the commuter. Unforgiving at detecting crossing noise. Authentic bagpipes sounds. Drones sound with different drone configurations. Built-in metronome. Adjustable contact sensitivity. Pitch adjustable within a two octave range. Recording capabilities, with variable playback speed. MIDI output (cable included).

The ultra-versatile Pico is simple to use and anyone can play it. Light and portable, it packs a powerhouse of features. Use it to play solo, play and record loops, change scale and key, transpose, alter tempo, program beats, create arrangements, switch and layer multiple sounds, all while playing live. It's ideal as a solo instrument or for playing in a band.

In this free video series learn how to practice your skills playing the Irish Flute from professional Irish Flute player David Cantieni. Watch these videos to learn how to produce good tone on the Irish flute, how to breath deeply while playing the Irish flute, how to exercise your fingers, how to produce even sounding rolls on the Irish flute, how to use a metronome to practice rolls on the Irish flute, how to improve your rhythm, how to increase your tempo when playing the Irish flute, and how to play a difficult traditional Irish song.