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23rd April 2018 at the British Museum (room 33), London WC1.
The Dagu ("big drum") is the larger of the Chinese two headed barrel shaped drums, and is played with two sticks.
Dagus are assigned the number 211.222.1 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
2 = Membranophones. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
21 = Struck Membranophones. Sound is produced by hitting the drumskin with a hand or object.
211 = Directly Struck Membranophones. Instruments in which the membrane is struck directly.
211.2 = Tubular Drums. Instruments in which the body is tubular.
211.22 = Barrel Drums. Instruments in which the body is barrel-shaped.
211.221 = Instruments which have only one usable membrane.
211.222.1 = single instruments.
13th February 2015 at the Bishopsgate Institute (Great Hall), London EC2 (Joglaresa gig)..
The Fidel (or Vielle or Viuola) was a medieval bowed instrument. It usually had a flat soundboard, low bridge and no frets. It came in a variety of shapes including ones resembling a number eight, oval, pear, and quadrangle. There were 3 to 5 strings.
Fidels are assigned the number 321.322-71 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.
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 resonator’s 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.
321.322-7 = Instruments where the strings are vibrated by bowing.
321.322-71 = Instruments where the strings vibrated using a bow.
Musical Instrument by Mio-san. Made from a picture. I used a nice blue sky paper found on the Internet. It took me some time to find this, the pyramid gave the most problems but I did find it after a evening session folding :)
batch upload (01/20)
I dyed the body of this cajon black, also with analine dye, which seems to be much easier to work with than the blue stuff I got.
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.
27th July 2019 at The Scoop, London SE1.
The Kamale (or Kamel) Ngoni (or Young Man's Harp) is found in the Wassoulou region of southern Mali. It normally has 8 to 12 strings. The instrument developed from the traditional 6 string Donso Ngoni (or Hunter's Harp), and is not to be confused with the Jeli Ngoni which is a Spike Bowl Lute. The Kamale Ngoni is similar to the Kora in that it has a calabash gourd body, hand posts, notched bridge, and neck. It differs in having fewer strings (the Kora usually as 21) and a smaller calabash (13 to 15 inches in diameter compared to 19 to 21).
Kamale Ngonis are assigned the number 323-5 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.
323 = Instruments where the plane of the strings lies at right angles to the sound-table; a line joining the lower ends of the strings would be perpendicular to the neck.
323-5 = Strings sounded by bare fingers.
Title: An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (English, 1728-1774)
Illustrator: Randolph Caldecott (English, 1846-1886)
Engraver and printer: Edmund Evans (English, 1826-1905)
Work type: Illustration
Medium: color wood engraving
Publisher: George Routledge & Sons, London
Date: 1879
Page: [p. 2]
Page size: 227 x 202 mm.
Illustration size: 199 x 171 mm.
Subjects: Children’s literature; Poetry; Children; Cats; Musical instruments
Interpretive notes: In this frontispiece to the short paperback book (placed opposite the title page), a woman accompanying herself on a lute or mandolin sings the elegy to an audience consisting of a child, a cat, and her kitten.
Work rights: Work in the public domain
Image file: 2309100
Repository: Collection of Allan T. Kohl, Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Guitar made in the late 1700s by Lucas. English guitars were more like citterns, and were eventually supplanted by the more familiar Spanish Guitar. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
SMC PENTAX-DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL WR lens.
The Talking drum: This is one off the most respected drum in (Gangan)southern Nigeria, similar to the Kalangu Drum from Northern Nigeria.
Huron Waves presented a Salute to Canada's National Aboriginal Musicians. It opened with Morgan Toney and was hosted by Graham Greene.
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.
23rd April 2018 at the British Museum (room 33), London WC1.
The Guanziis the name in northern China for the double reed wind instrument the Guan. It is related to the Duduk, and introduced to China via the Silk Road around 600 AD. Originally played in court music, it was later popular in folk ensembles. The Guanzi is sually made from hardwood and 25 to 30 cm. long, with 7 finger holes and one to two thumb-holes.
Guanzis are assigned the number 422.111.2 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-Free Aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.1 = Double reed instruments or Oboes. There are two lamellae which beat against one another.
422.11 = Single Oboes [as opposed to sets of Oboes].
422.111 = With cylindrical bore.
422.111.2 = With fingerholes.