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World Music (Chinese (Instruments (Qin # (horizontal stringed instrument,…
World Music
Chinese
Instruments
Qin
#
horizontal stringed instrument
plucked
glissando
harmonics
Erh-Hu
2 stringed vioiln
bowed between 2 strings
resonating box at bottom
Dizi
#
side blown flute
wooden
sounds like recorder
Pipa
#
lute
4 strings
plucked / strummed
Sheng
#
mouth organ
reed
sounds like harmonica
Heterophonic texture
melody varied or adapted at same time
12 notes
use 5 to form pentatonic scale
Japanese
Instruments
Shackuhaci
end blown flute
bamboo
Sho
mouth organ
used for "wacky" chords
Biwa
lute
4 / 5 strings
accompanies stories
Shamisen
guitar
3 strings
plectrum plucked
Koto
harp
lies horizontally
13 strings
finger picks
ceremonial
used in court
Latin American
Instruments
Bandoneon
accordian
bellows compress air through metal reeds
Tres
guitar
Bongos
hand hit
Guiro
stick rubbed along top of instrument to make rattling sound
Maracas
Claves
Conga drums
larger bongos
Cowbell
Pan pipes
Quena
front blown flute
Style
Marcado
marked
no syncopation
contrasts with lyrical passages
staccato
syncopation
Habanera rhythm
duple time
minor key
Tango
originated: Buenos Aires
Indian
Instruments
Tambura
drone
plucked
uninteresting melody
Sitar
main melody
guitar
plucked
Sarangi
bowed
cello
replaces Sitar
Santur
String
hit by 2 mallets
plucked
Harmonium
accordian
Btech organ
Tabla
small drms
give rhythm
Bansuri
side blown flute
bamboo
Features
drone
raga
specific scale
tala
repeated rhythmical cycle
structure
1: alap
drone
melody
improvised
slow
2: jor
tabla starts
stricter rhythm
tala starts
3: gat
solo section
4: jhala
fast
virtuoso
climax