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Pardessus or sopranino member of the viol family. Catalog context: Smallest member of the viol family. Public catalog clues linked to this instrument include viol, strings, frets, wood. This guide…
One of the first analogue synths, it had a filter bank with 15 sliders for different sounds, and a “vibrato” inducing keyboard based on the ondes Martenot’s. Catalog context: early…
Has a bag made of goat, veal or sheepskin, and a double piped chanter collected in a single horn. Both wooden chanters have holes; one for melody, the other for…
Public catalog clues linked to this instrument include needs better image, actually brass, wind, brass. This guide turns the available catalog record into a serious starter pathway: setup, sound production,…
The pātē is a Polynesian slit drum made from a hollowed-out log. This guide turns the available catalog record into a serious starter pathway: setup, sound production, technique priorities, listening…
The nose whistle (also known as the Humanatone) is a simple instrument played with the nose. The stream of air is directed over an edge in the instrument and the…
Important to the Mongolians, it is trapezoid shaped with two traditionally horsehair, now often nylon, strings fastened by wooden pegs at the end which is carved like a horse head.…
The nyatiti is a five to eight-stringed plucked string instrument from Kenya. This guide turns the available catalog record into a serious starter pathway: setup, sound production, technique priorities, listening…
Indian mouth harp, played in Carnatic and Rajastani folk music. Catalog context: Indian mouth harp. Public catalog clues linked to this instrument include mouth harp, rajastani, carnatic classical. This guide…
The nyckelharpa is a traditional Swedish string instrument. This guide turns the available catalog record into a serious starter pathway: setup, sound production, technique priorities, listening research, self-checks, and a…