I failed at the saxophone so I don’t need the 6 easiest brass instruments to play in a band. But maybe you do. Maybe you, unlike me, did not fail at saxophone. Maybe you will pass or even succeed!

MANKATO — Brass instruments are always in orchestras. French horns, trumpets, trombones, euphoniums, tubas. It’s hard to miss what they add to songs. But when your choir consists only of brass ...

The Beatles made fantastic music, even when it was just the four of them playing their regular instruments. But their willingness to incorporate other sounds into their formula often paid great ...

Few contest that a centuries-old violin will be more coveted than its newer counterparts, assuming it was well-made to begin with. That’s how luthiers like Stradivari and Guarneri have become ...

Jon Skillings is an editorial director at CNET, where he's worked since 2000. A born browser of dictionaries, he honed his language skills as a US Army linguist (Polish and German) before diving into ...

Combine the rhythm of jazz, the dramatic appeal of the symphony, and the beat of marching bands — all performed for one event — and you have a program of great variety. Add the individual skills of ...