A Brief History of the Psaltery
... around his neck if movement was needed. The plucked psaltery began in the Middle East, around the Mesopotamia area, where Iran and Iraq are today. It is thought to be about three thousand years old, only slightly younger than the oldest stringed instrument, the harp. Crusaders are believed to have b ...
... around his neck if movement was needed. The plucked psaltery began in the Middle East, around the Mesopotamia area, where Iran and Iraq are today. It is thought to be about three thousand years old, only slightly younger than the oldest stringed instrument, the harp. Crusaders are believed to have b ...
A short history of the mandolin.
... Invoked by the Baroque, The Angel of the Odd hovered over the Arts. During the baroque period a new, stylistically complex mode of expression came into being. New sounds were produced. The baroque musicians’ curiosity for the most refined sounds, among them the mandolin’s, directed their research in ...
... Invoked by the Baroque, The Angel of the Odd hovered over the Arts. During the baroque period a new, stylistically complex mode of expression came into being. New sounds were produced. The baroque musicians’ curiosity for the most refined sounds, among them the mandolin’s, directed their research in ...
Adapted from the Country Music Hall of Fame ® and Museum`s
... After delta blues, country music was the first style of popular music based around the guitar, and the prominent guitar lines in the recordings of Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family helped bring the guitar forward in the early thirties to become the dominant stringed instrument of the twentieth ce ...
... After delta blues, country music was the first style of popular music based around the guitar, and the prominent guitar lines in the recordings of Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family helped bring the guitar forward in the early thirties to become the dominant stringed instrument of the twentieth ce ...
The Era of Bach and Handel
... Handel were not the only ones being of “little but historical significance.” With regard to orchestration, they can be classified in two basic ways: conservatives (Bach, Handel, and early Italian and Viennese composers), who were preoccupied with the part itself rather than the instrument, and progr ...
... Handel were not the only ones being of “little but historical significance.” With regard to orchestration, they can be classified in two basic ways: conservatives (Bach, Handel, and early Italian and Viennese composers), who were preoccupied with the part itself rather than the instrument, and progr ...
2-page “Intro to our Instruments”
... expression to his original percussion-based music. While in his teens, Gregory Kozak’s desire to create his own orchestra of invented instruments took root. He was inspired by some of the most innovative composers of the 20th Century including Edgard Varèse, John Cage, Harry Partch and the Baschet B ...
... expression to his original percussion-based music. While in his teens, Gregory Kozak’s desire to create his own orchestra of invented instruments took root. He was inspired by some of the most innovative composers of the 20th Century including Edgard Varèse, John Cage, Harry Partch and the Baschet B ...
Musical Instruments 2
... •All harps have a neck, resonator and strings. •Some, known as frame harps, also have a forepillar; those lacking the forepillar are referred to as open harps. •Depending on its size (which varies considerably), a harp may be played while held in the lap or while stood on the floor. •A person who pl ...
... •All harps have a neck, resonator and strings. •Some, known as frame harps, also have a forepillar; those lacking the forepillar are referred to as open harps. •Depending on its size (which varies considerably), a harp may be played while held in the lap or while stood on the floor. •A person who pl ...
Musical Instruments 2
... •Harp can also be used as percussion instrument •All harps have a neck, resonator and strings. •Some, known as frame harps, also have a forepillar; those lacking the forepillar are referred to as open harps. •Depending on its size (which varies considerably), a harp may be played while held in the l ...
... •Harp can also be used as percussion instrument •All harps have a neck, resonator and strings. •Some, known as frame harps, also have a forepillar; those lacking the forepillar are referred to as open harps. •Depending on its size (which varies considerably), a harp may be played while held in the l ...
AoS4 – Timbre and Dynamics
... ! Technology has enabled instruments not only to change their sound, but also to produce instrumental sounds that are created electronically ! You may be asked to recognise some technology-‐based timbres: ...
... ! Technology has enabled instruments not only to change their sound, but also to produce instrumental sounds that are created electronically ! You may be asked to recognise some technology-‐based timbres: ...
Writing for a stringed instrument and a piano is, as
... numerous – from the steely drones Blondy summons forth from his piano by bowing its strings (who said it was a percussion instrument?) and the eerie glissandi he produces with rosined chopsticks (who said there wasn't much the piano could do in the way of microtonal shading?) to Hug's "soft bow" tec ...
... numerous – from the steely drones Blondy summons forth from his piano by bowing its strings (who said it was a percussion instrument?) and the eerie glissandi he produces with rosined chopsticks (who said there wasn't much the piano could do in the way of microtonal shading?) to Hug's "soft bow" tec ...
fourth grade listening log
... The Brass Family: If you think the brass family got its name because the instruments are made of brass, you're right! This family of instruments can play louder than any other in the orchestra and can also be heard from far away. Although their early ancestors are known to have been made of wood, tu ...
... The Brass Family: If you think the brass family got its name because the instruments are made of brass, you're right! This family of instruments can play louder than any other in the orchestra and can also be heard from far away. Although their early ancestors are known to have been made of wood, tu ...
SLOVENE FOLK INSTRUMENTS
... The zither is a musical string instrument, very common in Slovenia and mainly used in folk music. It is played by strumming or plucking the strings like a guitar. In slovene language it is called CITRE. Like many other string instruments, acoustic and electric forms exist; in the acoustic version, t ...
... The zither is a musical string instrument, very common in Slovenia and mainly used in folk music. It is played by strumming or plucking the strings like a guitar. In slovene language it is called CITRE. Like many other string instruments, acoustic and electric forms exist; in the acoustic version, t ...
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows
... cultures which composed Austria-Hungary (1867–1918), namely contemporary Greece, Belarus, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The cimbalom is (typically) played by striking two beaters against the strings. The steel treble strings are arranged in groups of 4 ...
... cultures which composed Austria-Hungary (1867–1918), namely contemporary Greece, Belarus, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The cimbalom is (typically) played by striking two beaters against the strings. The steel treble strings are arranged in groups of 4 ...
Folk music instruments
... Põispill (‘bladder instrument’ ~ bumbass), an instrument with one string has been used as a joke at festivities. Violin (viiul) reached Estonian towns in the 17th century, in the 18th century spread among peasants. In the 19th century fiddle began to replace bagpipe playing, because it was more suit ...
... Põispill (‘bladder instrument’ ~ bumbass), an instrument with one string has been used as a joke at festivities. Violin (viiul) reached Estonian towns in the 17th century, in the 18th century spread among peasants. In the 19th century fiddle began to replace bagpipe playing, because it was more suit ...
Hurdy-gurdy
The hurdy-gurdy is a stringed instrument that produces sound by a crank-turned, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. The wheel functions much like a violin bow, and single notes played on the instrument sound similar to those of a violin. Melodies are played on a keyboard that presses tangents — small wedges, typically made of wood — against one or more of the strings to change their pitch. Like most other acoustic stringed instruments, it has a sound board to make the vibration of the strings audible.Most hurdy-gurdies have multiple drone strings, which give a constant pitch accompaniment to the melody, resulting in a sound similar to that of bagpipes. For this reason, the hurdy-gurdy is often used interchangeably or along with bagpipes, particularly in Occitan, Catalan, Sardinian, Cajun French and contemporary Galician and Hungarian folk music.Many folk music festivals in Europe feature music groups with hurdy-gurdy players. The most famous annual festival has been held since 1976 at Saint-Chartier in the Indre département in Central France. In 2009, it relocated nearby to the Château d'Ars at La Châtre, where it continues to take place during the week nearest July 14 (Bastille Day).