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The riq is a type of tambourine used as a traditional instrument in Arabic music. This guide turns the available catalog record into a serious starter pathway: setup, sound production,…
Ancient bowed fiddle, once popular in Western India and Sri Lanka. Catalog context: Indian bowed spikefiddle. Public catalog clues linked to this instrument include bowed, ancient, spike-fiddle, india. This guide…
Made of cane, it is used in Ecuador. Catalog context: Ecuadorean panpipes. This guide turns the available catalog record into a serious starter pathway: setup, sound production, technique priorities, listening…
The Reactable is an electronic musical instrument consisting of a round translucent table on which blocks are placed. This guide turns the available catalog record into a serious starter pathway:…
An octave lower than the charango, it is the largest member of the family. Catalog context: South American square charango. Public catalog clues linked to this instrument include strings, lute,…
"Rebab" (and other variant spellings) is the name for chiefly these 3 types of bowed/plucked string instrument families: Large, short necked boatshaped "sarinda" type, here the kabuli rebab. Small, long…
With a pear shaped body made from a single piece of wood, this medieval bowed string instrument originated as a Byzantian lyra-like variant of the Arabic rebab and was a…
For the Mallorcan bagpipe, see xeremies. For the Latin American oboe, see chirimía. For the mediaeval woodwind, see shawm. Made of two tied together cane tubes with a single-reed each,…
Family of end-blown woodwind flutes with a thumb-hole and seven finger-holes, it is the most common flute in Western classical tradition. The family consists of a wide assortment of sizes:…
For the accordion also known as Melodeon, see diatonic button accordion. For the mouth blown keyed MELODION, see melodica. For the portable reed organ used in India see harmonium. Also…