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2009 Musical Instruments
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Afro-Peruvian Folkloric: Festejo & Zapateo Quijada |
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| Quijada is a percussion instrument used in Peruvian lando music, as well as in Mexican Son Jarocho and "costa chica" music. It is build with the jawbone
of a donkey, horse or cow, and is weathered until the molars rattle in
place. The playing technique involves striking the large end of the jaw
with the palm, thereby rattling the teeth, and/or scraping the
instrument with a stick. |
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| Cajita | ||
| The cajita is a wooden box with a hinged top. It is hung from the player's neck with a string, hanging a little bit above the waist, allowing the player to walk while playing. Its size and shape is that of a shoebox. The cajita is played by opening and closing the lid with one hand, while the other hand hits the instrument with a stick. | |
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Bharatanatyam Violin |
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The violin is a wooden instrument played with a bow, having four strings tuned at intervals of a fifth, an unfretted fingerboard, and capable of great flexibility in range, tone, and dynamics. The violin is considered a chordophone since it is an instrument that produces sounds from the vibrations of strings.
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| Veena | ||
| The veena is a plucked string instrument that has origins in South
India. It is a member of the lute family and is about four feet in
length. The veena is played by sitting cross-legged with the instrument
held tilted slightly away from the player. It is used to emphasize the
melody of the vocalist and as an accompaniment. |
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| Mridangam | ||
| The Mridangam is the classical drum of South India. The
shell is hollowed out of a block of wood; both heads are fastened to
hoops and tightened by leather thongs laced from end to end. The heads
are tuned by tension wedges and tuning paste, similar to the way a
tabla is tuned. The mridingam is played with the wrists and the
fingertips. |
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| Cymbals | ||
| Cymbals are a modern percussion instrument consisting of thin, normally round plates. When struck, they produce high-pitched sound and are used to mark rhythm or add dramatic effect. They range in size from clash cymbals, most commonly used in orchestras, to finger cymbals, also known as Zills. | |
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Geommu Piri |
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The piri is a Korean double reed instrument, used in both the folk and classical (court) music of Korea. It is made of bamboo. Its large reed and cylindrical bore gives it a sound mellower than that of many other types of oboe. |
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| Haegeum | ||
The haegeum is a traditional Korean string instrument, resembling a fiddle. It has a rodlike neck, a hollow wooden soundbox, and two silk strings, and is held vertically on the knee of the performer and played with a bow. |
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| Gayageum | ||
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The gayageum, or kayagum is a traditional Korean zither-like string instrument, with 12 strings. It draws its name from the ancient Korean confederacy of Gaya, where it is said to have been invented. It is probably the best known traditional Korean musical instrument. |
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| Daegeum | ||
The daegeum is a large bamboo transverse flute used in traditional Korean music. It has a buzzing membrane that gives it a special timbre. It is used in court, aristocratic, and folk music, as well as in contemporary music, popular music, and film scores. |
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Maya Rainstick |
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A rainstick is a long, hollow tube which is filled with small baubles such as beads or beans and has small pins or thorns arranged on its inside surface. When the stick is upended, the beads fall to the other end of the tube, making a sound reminiscent of a rainstorm as they bounce off the pins. The rainstick is generally considered to have been invented in Chile, and played in the belief that it could bring about rainstorms. |
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| Gourd | ||
A gourd is the name given to the hollow, dried shell of a fruit in the Cucurbitaceae family. It is in the same family as the pumpkin. Gourds can be used as a number of things, including bowls or bottles. Gourds are also used as resonating chambers on many stringed instruments and drums. |
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| Flute | ||
The flute is the instrument that serves as the soprano voice in
most bands, orchestras, and woodwind groups. Most flutes are made of
metal and consist chiefly of a tube with a mouthpiece near one end. The
musician holds the flute horizontally and blows across an oval shaped
hole in the mouthpiece. At the same time, the musician presses levers
on the flute, called keys. The keys, when depressed and released, open
and close tone holes on the flute to produce different notes. |
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| Cantaro | ||
| The cantaro is a
percussion instrument. It is a clay pot that is truck in its outer surface or
mouth with a hand, creating different effects. Water can be used to pitch the
instrument to a desired sound. |
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