Archaeologists have found musical instruments made from animal bones that are 60,000 years old. The history of Western European music can be divided into separate periods of time. Each period has ...

Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres - they are most prominent in the Western classical tradition and in many varieties of folk music, however they are also frequently ...

It is a transposing instrument and is typically notated one octave higher ... and is featured in concertos, solo and chamber music in Western classical music. The bass is used in a range of other ...