Verse:Hmøøh/Talma: Difference between revisions
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====Instruments==== | ====Instruments==== | ||
=====Free-pitch===== | =====Free-pitch===== | ||
Free-pitch instruments are prized for their ability to play in any tuning; they also make ''ŋamas'' quartets and quintets favored ground for tuning explorations. | |||
*''ŋamas'' (pl. ''ŋamsa'') = "Talman violin": a 5-stringed bowed string instrument used for the treble and alto register | *''ŋamas'' (pl. ''ŋamsa'') = "Talman violin": a 5-stringed bowed string instrument used for the treble and alto register | ||
**Tuning: 2:3:5:7:9, lowest string = 125Hz | **Tuning: 2:3:5:7:9, lowest string = 125Hz | ||
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*''tsábhíoch'' (Netagin ''txâbhikh'') fretless steel guitar tuned to a hexany | *''tsábhíoch'' (Netagin ''txâbhikh'') fretless steel guitar tuned to a hexany | ||
*''farraiŋŋ'' (pl. ''farraiŋŋí'') = natural horn | *''farraiŋŋ'' (pl. ''farraiŋŋí'') = natural horn | ||
*''lázáf'' (pl. ''lázáfa'') = trombone | *''lázáf'' (pl. ''lázáfa'') = a trombone; exists in soprano, alto, tenor, and bass variants | ||
=====Fixed-pitch===== | =====Fixed-pitch===== | ||
*''spúith'' (pl. ''spúithear'') = plucked string instrument with sympathetic strings | *''spúith'' (pl. ''spúithear'') = plucked string instrument with sympathetic strings | ||