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5th February 2017 at Rossotrudnichestvo in UK, London W8.
The Balalaika is a Russian lute with with a trangular shaped body and three strings (or sometimes three double courses). It is made from a series of wooden ribs joined together. There is a family of eight different sized and pitched instruments.
The most common member of the family is the Prima or Soprano. This is usually played with the fingers and tuned A-E-E. Often the first string is made of steel, the two other made of nylon.
Balalaikas are assigned the number 321.321-5 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
32 = Composite Chordophone. Acoustic and electro acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, and solid body electric chordophones.
321 = Lutes. Instruments where the plane of the strings runs parallel with the resonators surface.
321.3 = Handle Lutes. Instruments in which the string bearer is a plain handle.
321.32 = Necked Lutes. Instrument in which the handle is attached to, or carved from, the resonator, like a neck.
321.321 = Necked Bowl Lutes. Instrument with a resonator made from a bowl, either natural or carved.
321.321-5 = Strings vibrated by bare hands and fingers.
15th October 2020 at Horniman Museum, London SE23.
The Cuatro is a small Latin American Guitar. The instrument found in Venezuela and Colombia is different from the one bearing the same name from Puerto Rico. This Cuatro has four strings and is of a similar size of a Ukulele, though tuned lower (it has been described as a baritone Ukulele).
This instrument was made by Cruz Quinal of Cumanacoa, Venezuela around 1986 and before being purchased by the Horniman Museum was played in his Ensemble.
Cuatros are assigned the number 321.322-5 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
32 = Composite Chordophone. Acoustic and electro acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, and solid body electric chordophones.
321 = Lutes. Instruments where the plane of the strings runs parallel with the resonators surface.
321.3 = Handle Lutes. Instruments in which the string bearer is a plain handle.
321.32 = Necked Lutes. Instrument in which the handle is attached to, or carved from, the resonator, like a neck
321.322 = Necked Box Lutes. Instruments in which the resonator is built up from wood.
321.322-5 = Instruments where the strings are vibrated by bare hands and fingers.
FAIRBURN, GA - April 14: The Georgia Renaissance Festival
Spice Traders Music - Justin Williams and his wife, Meghan.
©Danielle Boise/Target Audience Magazine
Njeguši, Montenrgro.
Njeguši is a village in southern Montenegro, located on the slopes of Mount Lovćen, within the Lovćen national park. The village is best known as the birthplace of the Petrović dynasty, which ruled Montenegro from 1696 to 1918. The village is also significant for its cheese and prosciutto, which we sampled on our visit.
The stringed instrument hanging in the photo was interesting but not played.
I made this!
This is an instrument that I invented all by myself. I call it a Slyder. It is loosely based on a Lyre (hence the name) but I play it with a glass slider (as you would use with a guitar).
The instrument is made from hangers, guitar strings, machine heads and a wooden resonating box. Thats all Im telling you, cos I dont want anyone else to make one hehe!
Anyway I thought it might be nice to take a few shots of it to show you all my DIY skills.
I tried to take various angles so you will see the hole in the resonator box for example, which is based on the 'f hole' you might find in a violin - all part of the complex acoustics of the instrument :)
This was part of a project for an acoustics module I studied. We had to design a 'ubiquitous instrument' and analyse the acoustics of it.
30th January 2018 at the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh.
The Langspil is an Icelandic drone Zither. The earliest mentions come from the 18th century, and it stopped being played in the early 20th century. The closest surviving relative is the German Scheitholt. It is a long box (70 to 110 cm), one end wider than the other with a sound hole. It has up to 6 strings, usually one melody and two drone strings. The left hand is used to fret the melody string, whilst the right holds a bow (shorter than a violin one) makes contact with all the strings. As there are no recordings or written music for the instrument playing it is guess work based on the surviving instruments and some photographs of it being played.
This instrument was made in Iceland in the first half of 19th century or earlier. It has one bowed and three drones strings.
Langspils are assigned the number 314.122-71 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
31 = Simple Chordophones. Instruments which are in essence simply a string or strings and a string bearer
314 = Board Zither. Instrument uses a string bearer that is shaped like a board, or is the ground.
314.1 = Instrument with strings parallel to the string bearer.
314.12 = Instrument has a resonator.
314.122 = Box Zither. Instrument has a resonator made from slats.
314.122-71 = Strings are caused to vibrate using a bow.
My three Ukulele's. From Left to right; Mahalo, Peavey and Lazy Uke. The Lazy Uke is the one that I bought for £2.99 in a charity shop. The others were gifts from my Wife (bless her!).
20th September 2019 at St Marylebone Parish Church, London NW1 (group with Tara Breen and others).
A Glockenspiel is distinguished from a Xylophone in that its bars are made of metal. They are also usually smaller and higher in pitch.
Glockenspiels are assigned the number 111.212 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
1 = Idiophones. Sound is primarily produced by the actual body of the instrument vibrating, rather than a string, membrane, or column of air.
11 = Struck Idiophones. These idiophones are set in vibration by being struck.
111 = Directly Struck Idiophones. The player himself executes the movement of striking; whether by mechanical intermediate devices, beaters, keyboards, or by pulling ropes, etc.
111.2 = Percussive idiophones. The instrument is struck either with a non-sonorous object (hand, stick, striker) or against a non-sonorous object (human body, the ground).
111.21 = Percussion sticks.
111.212 = Sets of percussion sticks.
Happiness
Carl Sandburg
I asked the professors who teach the meaning of life to tell
me what is happiness .
And I went to famous executives who boss the work of
thousands of men .
They all shook their heads and gave me a smile as though
I was trying to fool with them
And then one Sunday afternoon I wandered out along
the Desplaines river
And I saw a crowd of Hungarians under the trees with
their women and children and a keg of beer and an accordion.
30th January 2018 at the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh.
The Harpsichord was a popular instrument in Europe between the 15th and 18th centuries. Pressing a key on the instrument's keyboard lifts a jack (a long strip of wood) that holds a small plectrum (a wedge-shaped piece of quill, now usually plastic), which plucks the string. When the player releases the key, the jack falls back and a felt damper at the top of the jack stops the string vibratiing. The term harpsichord is used to cover a family of instrument, but more specifically a grand-piano-shaped instrument with a triangular case accommodating long bass and short treble strings. Harpsichords can have one, two, and sometimes even three keyboards, which are called manuals. Single manual harpsichords usually have two sets of strings per note, whilst double manual harpsichords usually have a third set of strings that sounds one octave higher than played. The upper manual was originally used for transposing; and later for contrast of tone with the ability to couple the registers of both manuals for a fuller sound.
This instrument was made in 1764 by Jean Goermans / Pascal Taskin in Paris. It is a double-manual Harpsichord. French Harpsichords developed from Flemish ones, extending the range by an octave. They had a rich tone with deep basses.
Harpsichords are assigned the number 314.122-6-8 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
31 = Simple Chordophones. Instruments which are in essence simply a string or strings and a string bearer
314 = Board Zither. Instrument uses a string bearer that is shaped like a board, or is the ground.
314.1 = Instrument with strings parallel to the string bearer.
314.12 = Instrument has a resonator.
314.122 = Box Zither. Instrument has a resonator made from slats.
314.122-6-8 = Strings are caused to vibrate by plectrum and keyboard.
Williams College Department of Music. Donated by Telford Taylor, Class of 1928, in memory of his father, John Bellamy Taylor (1875-1963), who had collected the instruments.
6th March 2016 at the Old Rose & Crown, London E17 (duo with Alice Jones).
The BanSitar is a 5-string banjo with a sitar bridge added, devised by Helmut Rheingans in England. A sitar bridge is a flat piece of bone which sits just beneath the strings at the bridge end and tapers gently away towards the instrument's fingerboard. This causes the strings to vibrate. There are no sympathetic strings as on a Sitar.
This instrument was made by Helmut Rheingans but was a on off constructed like Bouzouki, with the neck set in a top block rather than a bolt on neck and coordinator rod. Therefore it is more of a Bowl Lute than a Spike Lute, and could even be called a BouzSitar.
Bansitars are usually assigned the number 321.312-5 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
32 = Composite Chordophone. Acoustic and electro acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, and solid-body electric chordophones.
321 = Lutes. Instruments where the plane of the strings runs parallel with the resonators surface.
321.3 = Handle Lutes. Instruments in which the string bearer is a plain handle.
321.31 = Spike Lutes. Instruments in which the handle passes diametrically through the resonator.
321.312 = Spike Box Lutes. Instruments in which the resonator is built up from wood.
321.312-5 = Instruments where the strings are vibrated by bare hands and fingers.
30th January 2018 at the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh.
The Yueqin (or Moon Lute) is a lute with a round, hollow wooden body. It has a short fretted neck and three or four silk strings, and is played with a long plectrum. The Yueqin is related to the Ruan family of instruments and is played in the Beijing opera orchestra (where it has two single strings).
This instrument was made before 1872.
Yueqins are assigned the number 321.322-6 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
32 = Composite Chordophone. Acoustic and electro acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, and solid body electric chordophones.
321 = Lutes. Instruments where the plane of the strings runs parallel with the resonators surface.
321.3 = Handle Lutes. Instruments in which the string bearer is a plain handle.
321.32 = Necked Lutes. Instrument in which the handle is attached to, or carved from, the resonator, like a neck
321.322 = Necked Box Lutes. Instruments in which the resonator is built up from wood.
321.322-6 = Strings vibrated by a plectrum.
30th January 2018 at the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh.
The Temple Block is a hollow wooden instrument with a slit which is hit with a stick. It differs from a Wood block in being going to be lower pitched and making less of a click sound. Temple blocks are usually come in groups of dfferent pitches which can number up to five. They have become regular parts of a percussion set either in on a fixed mount or placed seperately on a table. Their origins lie in the Wooden Fish found in temples in East Asia such as the Muyu in China. In the west they have their fishlike bulbous shape has been replaced by a rectangular or ovoid one.
In this photo a set of four blocks are included amongst the instruments on a trap tray. These were made in the middle of the 20th century.
Temple Blocks are assigned the number 111.24 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
object (hand, stick, striker) or against a non-sonorous object (human body, the ground).
1 = Idiophones. Sound is primarily produced by the actual body of the instrument vibrating, rather than a string, membrane, or column of air.
11 = Struck Idiophones. These idiophones are set in vibration by being struck.
111 = Directly Struck Idiophones. The player himself executes the movement of striking; whether by mechanical intermediate devices, beaters, keyboards, or by pulling ropes, etc.
111.2 = Percussive idiophones. The instrument is struck either with a non-sonorous object (hand, stick, striker) or against a non-sonorous object (human body, the ground).
111.24 = Percussion vessels.