La flûte pinkuyllu des Provincias Altas du Cuzco (Pérou) : organologie et symbolique érotique d’un aérophone andin by Raphaël Parejo-Coudert

“…In contrast to the incomplete, approximate and somewhat fanciful descriptions that exist elsewhere, this article presents the first organological and acoustic study of this instrument, based on exemplars in the author’s possession and on field recordings he has made. …”
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Digital technologies in music education. Using Digital Audio Workstations (DAW) with Project-Based Learning (PBL) by María Elena Cuenca-Rodríguez, Ignacio Pascual-Moltó, Raquel Pastor-Prada

“…BandLab and Walk Band are two mobile and web-based applications that let users create and record their own songs, providing them with a variety of virtual instruments, samples, loops and drum machines. …”
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Astor Piazzolla’s compositional and interpretive styling of his Tango Adiós Nonino across four decades of his career – insights into the emergence of Nuevo Tango by Gina-Mihaela Pavel

“…Compositional structure, rhythmic and melodic motifs, distinctive techniques (fraseo, golpe de gaja), instrument arrangements, collaboration formats are reviewed. …”
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Using Linear Mixed-Effects Models to Analyze Historical Trends in Performance Strategies . Commentary on Majid Motavasseli’s Article “Interpretation of Cyclic Form in Bach’s ‘Goldb... by Bruno Gingras

“…Two statistically significant interactions emerged: a two-way interaction between instrument and mode, and a three-way interaction between instrument, year of recording, and variation type. …”
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Identifikasi Nada antara Suling Sunda dan Suling Rekorder dengan Menggunakan Metode Frequency Cpstral Coefficients (MFCC) dan Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) by Fawwaz Muhammad Suryadikarsa, Youllia Indrawaty Nurhasanah, Irma Amelia Dewi

“…Sundanese flute is a traditional musical instrument from Pasundan that is can hypnotize people who hear it because of the beautiful special tone, flute recorder is a modern musical instrument with sounds like whistle. …”
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Nye slåtter på sjøfløyta by Per Åsmund Omholt

“…This article describes how a traditional fiddle repertoire can be adapted and applied to the recorder flute. The starting point is practical, where a springleik material in Gudbrandsdalen has been transferred to the recorder, or “Sjøfløyte”, as the instrument is often referred to in the folk music genre. …”
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The wandering « Leg of an Indian King ». The cultural biography of a friction idiophone now in the Pigorini Museum in Rome, Italy by Davide Domenici

“…The article presents new data on the history of a Mesoamerican musical instrument, which is a notched human bone used as a friction idiophone, today, held at the Pigorini Museum in Rome, Italy, where it is recorded as MNPE n. 4209. …”
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AirStrum: A virtual guitar using real-time hand gesture recognition and strumming technique by Beulah ARUL, Shashank PANDA, Tushar NAIR

“…The existing guitar simulation programs require additional devices such as Electromyography (EMG) controllers, or Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)-based recording devices. …”
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Das Große und das Kleine. Tempowahl und andere Entscheidungen in der Interpretationspraxis von Schuberts Winterreise by Bartolo Musil

“…On the one hand, tempi and other interpretative choices are based on conceptional considerations – either purely musical or related to a “theatrical” narration. On the other hand, they are shaped by practical and physiological circumstances ranging from the artistic profile of the performers and their condition on the day of performance to the choice of venue and instrument. …”
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La virtuosité comme arme de guerre psychologique by Aurélie Helmlinger

“…Within a system of national competitions, bands now compete in speed, loudness or musical difficulties. At a more local level, the sections—sets of identical instruments—informally compete in games focusing on the difficulty of performance. …”
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Den norske cisteren by Tom Willy Rustad

“…This article focuses on the creative approach where I try to revitalize the Amund Hansen cittern as a Norwegian folk music instrument. The first part focuses on how to make two new Hansen instruments, and the need for some stabilizing improvements. …”
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Èdè Àyàn: The Language of Àyàn in Yorùbá Art and Ritual of Egúngún by Oláwọlé Fámúlẹ̀

“…For that reason, ìlù, to the Yorùbá, is an instrument that acts as a speech surrogate (i.e., substitute). …”
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