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Steve Daugherty, owner of Red Bank's Folk Music Store, likes to sit by the front door of his shop, playing a stand-up bass. He greets his customers by sliding the instrument their way and saying, "Can ...

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Learning any instrument for the first time is going to take time and dedication. There are so many benefits to learning an instrument. Once you get the hang of it, playing music can help relieve ...

USA TODAY has announced the nominees for their 10Best Reader's Choice Awards in the museum category and a world-famous Phoenix museum has made the cut. The Musical Instrument Museum came in at No. 9 ...

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Throughout musical history, countless instruments have faced extinction, victims of changing tastes, industrialization, and the passage of time. While some vanished completely, others survived by the ...