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Introduction

Introduction

Musical instruments and voices can invoke tears, rage, fear or love. So it must be worth finding out how...

This section of SoundJunction takes a look at a variety of different instruments, how they sound, how they work and who plays them.

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Feature

Feature

Holding onto the kora

Wali Cham playing Kora

The kora's a traditional African instrument, something of a cross between a lute and a harp. It's an unusual-looking instrument. Wali Cham explains how you hold it.

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Articles

Articles
Paul Gladstone Reid singing

Find out all about Paul Gladstone Reid's distinctive, soulful singing style in the song 'Moving Away'.

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Double bass-player Larry Bartley explains why he opts for gut strings rather than metal ones, and outlines the differences between the two types

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Trumpet keys

Abram Wilson offers a basic guide to trumpet technique

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Seb Rochford

Seb Rochford describes how a drummer takes a riff and then plays with it, adding twists and turns...

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