Add to ORKGThe tuning of this little Nile valley harp is interesting, viz:- 396, 324, 292, 252, 224, vs. as it does not cover a complete octave which is more usual with other harps of this design. Presumably had there been a sixth string it would have been tuned to 198 the lower octave of the top note thus giving a pentatonic scale. Self delectation song with Bonguma horizontal, arched harp
"I loved a girl but she did not behave well, so now I love her no longer." The instrument is the 5 s...
It is interesting to note the apparent differences in tone between the scale of the harp and the voi...
Abstract: Sléndro is a distinctive Javanese pentatonic scalar system about which no established musi...
The tuning of this little Nile valley harp is interesting, viz:- 396, 324, 292, 252, 224, vs. as it ...
"There was a certain magician who declared that a lion could be killed by the bare hands alone. No o...
Unlike most harps of this design, this one was held upright with the point of the body on the perfor...
Distinctive in shape, size, construction and playing position, the Burmese harp has been traditional...
This lyre is strummed like a guitar with the right hand, the left hand stopping the five strings, li...
This lyre is strummed like a guitar with the right hand, the left hand stopping the five strings, li...
"Wherever he went he found people talking ill of him.Why, he asks, should they do so about an innoce...
This lyre is strummed like a guitar with the right hand, the left hand stopping the five strings, li...
"I am afraid of being beaten." The instrument is the 5 stringed Bonguma horizontal, arched harp, the...
"A soilder of Ngbazu (Chief Gatanga's father) reported to Ngbazua's elder brother Dagatanga, also a ...
There is a relatively long history of scholarly interest in the tuning of different musical pitch sy...
It is interesting to note the apparent differences in tone between the scale of the harp and the voi...
"I loved a girl but she did not behave well, so now I love her no longer." The instrument is the 5 s...
It is interesting to note the apparent differences in tone between the scale of the harp and the voi...
Abstract: Sléndro is a distinctive Javanese pentatonic scalar system about which no established musi...
The tuning of this little Nile valley harp is interesting, viz:- 396, 324, 292, 252, 224, vs. as it ...
"There was a certain magician who declared that a lion could be killed by the bare hands alone. No o...
Unlike most harps of this design, this one was held upright with the point of the body on the perfor...
Distinctive in shape, size, construction and playing position, the Burmese harp has been traditional...
This lyre is strummed like a guitar with the right hand, the left hand stopping the five strings, li...
This lyre is strummed like a guitar with the right hand, the left hand stopping the five strings, li...
"Wherever he went he found people talking ill of him.Why, he asks, should they do so about an innoce...
This lyre is strummed like a guitar with the right hand, the left hand stopping the five strings, li...
"I am afraid of being beaten." The instrument is the 5 stringed Bonguma horizontal, arched harp, the...
"A soilder of Ngbazu (Chief Gatanga's father) reported to Ngbazua's elder brother Dagatanga, also a ...
There is a relatively long history of scholarly interest in the tuning of different musical pitch sy...
It is interesting to note the apparent differences in tone between the scale of the harp and the voi...
"I loved a girl but she did not behave well, so now I love her no longer." The instrument is the 5 s...
It is interesting to note the apparent differences in tone between the scale of the harp and the voi...
Abstract: Sléndro is a distinctive Javanese pentatonic scalar system about which no established musi...