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Over the past few years, musicians and scientists have become aware of the risk of spreading Covid-19 during orchestra practices. Even the Vienna Philharmonic conducted a study to investigate the risk ...

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!

Pham Phao, an agricultural village in Nam Dinh province, is famous for making brass instruments. Almost every household in the village has at least one person who knows music theory and can play ...

Is it safe to sing in a choir, and play wind and brass instruments again? Here’s what we know about the transmission risks involved in making music, as the world still navigates the coronavirus crisis ...

Just like coughing, sneezing, talking and singing, playing wind instruments ­-- particularly those in the brass section -- can spread respiratory particles that may carry the COVID-19 virus, according ...