The electric guitar has overtaken the violin in a list of most popular musical instruments for children to play, says a music exam board. Some 13% of five- to 17-year-olds play the electric guitar, ...

National Violin Day is celebrated on December 13. The day is to applaud the existence of the violin, a wooden string instrument. But are you confused between Violin and Guitar? Guitar and violin are ...

More children are playing instruments today than two decades ago, according to a recent study, with keyboards, guitars and drums outstripping the more traditional violin. Why are more youngsters not ...

Next week the acclaimed Chinese guitarist Xuefei Yang releases her new album of Bach violin concertos arranged for guitar and string quartet. Lucy Coward caught up with Xuefei to find out all about ...