Some days ago I have discovered a video with Gasper Nali and his huge one string guitar Babatoni. Gasper Nali is a musician from Malawi, he has built a huge one stringed kind of guitar and uses this instrument to accompany his songs. He also uses a selfmade foot drum as a percussion instrument. Gasper […]
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The Gusli (-> Wikipedia) is an old Russian stringed instrument, a kind of a zither. The gusli is used in folk music, but can also be used for classical music. The gusli is usually played with the right hand while the left hand mutes to strings that should not sound. This can be used for
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I have recently discovered the domra and guitar duet 9 String Theory from Atlanta, USA. They have just gievn an interview to present their next concert. It is available on the website of WABE 9 String Theory is not just a catchy name but also a straightforward calculation. It’s a musical duo featuring Angelina Galashenkova
The guembri is a 3-stringed plucked instrument which is beeing played by the Gnawa people in Morocco and North-Africa. The playing technique is similar to the clawhammer style used with the American banjo. One of the 3 strings of the guembri is shorter and is used as a drone – this is another similarity to
In this post I have compiled several playlists with music for mandolin and other stringed instruments from Venezuela. I have a page on my website mandoisland about the mandolin and other interesting information about the music in Venzuela. MandoIsland Website: mandoisland.de Page about music in Venezuela: http://www.mandoisland.de/weblog_venezuela.html Music from Venezuela Venezuela – Percujazz (Cuatro/Bandola) Bandola
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I have discovered the Cretan Laouto some time ago and have written the following post in my German blog. I thought that I should also make a version in English about this interesting instrument from Greece. The Cretan Laouto has 4 double strings, the three lower strings are tuned in octaves, the highest strings are
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I am currently reading about the history of the English Guitar or Guittar, a kind of Cittern. Some time ago I have written a post about this instrument in my German blog www.gezupftes.de. The guittar was developed after 1753 in Great Britain. According to the very detailed paper by Jürgen Kloss it has first been
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Some days ago I have watched Swiss movie – Frühling im Herbst – Spring in Autumn. In this movie a dance instructor from Argentina comes for a visit to Switzerland. During the movie a song played by a band has an important role. The song – Du bisch i mim Haerz (you are in my
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Recently I have downloaded the song Old Woman by Grandpa Banana from the Acoustic Oasis website – one of the free daily Acoustic Oasis downloads. When I listened to this song I liked it immediately and I had to search for information about this artist. You can find some information about Grandpa Banana on the
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When I searched for videos of the Persian Tar I have found a set of interesting videos by the Homay and Mastan Ensemble, a Persian Ensemble that plays the different Persian instruments. Those videos are very interesting and show the different Persian instruments and the Persian music very well. This is my playlist of the
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