Native to Africa and popularized in America, the banjo has gone through major transformation and evolution, and its history of becoming a mainstream music instrument is quite fascinating.

Ellen Fullman is sheltering in place with the 40-string, 45-foot-long droning instrument she created decades ago. The sound artist Ellen Fullman near her home in Berkeley, Calif.Credit...Erin ...

Vietnam is home to 54 ethnic groups, each with its own customs and traditions. Those groups have created a variety of traditional musical instruments, which have played an important role in Vietnamese ...

The stringed instrument type list includes over a dozen defaults, including electric and acoustic guitars, ukuleles, mandolin, banjo and lap steel. The motor here isn't designed to tackle bass guitars ...