Not everyone is a naturally gifted musician - but a new invention means you no longer need to be to play a note-perfect solo on the violin. Technology lecturer Dylan Menzies has created the O-Bow, ...
Ever wanted to play several string instruments at once? Well, now you (kind of) can... An Australian bow-maker has developed a hinged bow, allowing solo violinists to play several strings at once.
The cello is a very fine instrument - just ask Yo-Yo Ma - but it has some fundamental weaknesses. The most obvious one is that there's no way to play more than two of its four strings simultaneously.