Verse:Hmøøh/Talma/Music: Difference between revisions
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Free-pitch instruments are prized for their ability to play in any tuning; string quartets and quintets are fertile ground for explorations of tuning systems. | Free-pitch instruments are prized for their ability to play in any tuning; string quartets and quintets are fertile ground for explorations of tuning systems. | ||
*''ðavr'' | *''ðavr'' V = a 4-stringed fiddle, used for the treble register. | ||
**Tuning: 2:3:5:7, lowest string = 204 Hz | **Tuning: 2:3:5:7, lowest string = 204 Hz | ||
*''ñams'' | *''ñams'' V = a viol-like 5-stringed bowed string instrument used for the treble and alto register | ||
**Tuning: 2:3:5:7:9, lowest string = 136 Hz | **Tuning: 2:3:5:7:9, lowest string = 136 Hz | ||
**softwood; arched plates; sound post; should be thicker than a viola and be played vertically | **softwood; arched plates; sound post; should be thicker than a viola and be played vertically | ||
*''ñamsóm'' | *''ñamsóm'' V = an instrument the size of a large cello or small double bass which is tuned an octave lower than a ''ŋams'' | ||
**Tuning: 2:3:4:5:7:9, lowest string = 68 Hz | **Tuning: 2:3:4:5:7:9, lowest string = 68 Hz | ||
*''txovíh'' Ⓥ = fretless steel guitar tuned to a hexany; steel frets | *''txovíh'' Ⓥ = fretless steel guitar tuned to a hexany; steel frets | ||
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*viola organista (keyboard instrument with a rosined conveyer belt mechanism for the strings) | *viola organista (keyboard instrument with a rosined conveyer belt mechanism for the strings) | ||
*organ Ⓥ (with ivory-free keys) | *organ Ⓥ (with ivory-free keys) | ||
*''jogóm'' Ⓥ | *''jogóm'' Ⓥ = an unfretted zither with 60 strings | ||
*''teem'' Ⓥ = an oboe | *''teem'' Ⓥ = an oboe | ||
*''fewm'' = a | *''fewm'' = a timpani | ||
*diamond marimba Ⓥ | *diamond marimba Ⓥ | ||
This is more of a control mechanism than an instrument: | This is more of a control mechanism than an instrument: | ||
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Horse hair in bows are considered vegetarian but not vegan. | Horse hair in bows are considered vegetarian but not vegan. | ||
(V is shown next to vegetarian instruments; | (V is shown next to vegetarian instruments; Ⓥ is shown next to vegan ones.) | ||
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