The qin, which we will promptly state is not necessarily – in fact, in all likelihood, is not at all – the same instrument that we know today as the guqin, has an ancient history, and an even more ancient legendary "history". Also known as rub board, zubboard, scrubboard, wash board.The guqin (an ancient stringed instrument) begins with the qin. Used as a percussion instrument by Cajun and Zydeco artists. Rubboard – The southern Louisiana version of the washboard. (sources: Homayun Sakhi and Yusuf Mahmoud) The rubab was usually accompanied by the tabla drum pair, introduced to the Kabul court in the mid-19 th century by musicians such as Gamu Khan, from Kasur, near Lahore.Īlso known as robab. The classical rubab technique developed under the influence of Indian and Persian music is almost like claw-hammer banjo picking, resulting in parallel melodies, incorporating both low and high drones interspersed with melody.įrom the late 19 th century a distinct style of art music was developed in Kabul based on genres derived from Hindustani music, the lareh (multipart instrumental piece) and the naghma-ye klasik, the classical instrumental piece. Goat skin is stretched over the body’s open face, taut like a banjo, and the melody strings pass through a bridge made from a ram’s horn. The rubab’s heavy body is constructed in three wooden parts: a carved hull, faceboard and headstalk. Today, it has just three melody strings, made of nylon, and 14 or 15 sympathetic steel strings. The instrument then had five gut strings for melody and no sympathetic strings. After the rise of Islam, the rubab was used to play a devotional style of traditional Afghan music called Khaniqa. It originated in Central Asia as long as 2000 years ago, and belongs to a family of double-chambered lutes that includes, among others, the Iranian tar, Tibetan danyen, and Pamir rubab. The rubab itself is a classical instrument with a folkloric past. It also has several drone and sympathetic metal strings. Rubab – Plucked lute with a short neck with double chambers and three main playing strings made of animal gut or string. The lead drum in the Afro-Puerto Rican style of bomba. Small drum, 20 cm long, from Tabasco made out of cedar. There are numerous variations: requinto aragonés (4-5 gut or nylon strings), also known as guitarrico (Spain) requinto argentino requinto paraguayo requinto colombiano (12 steel strings) requinto dominicano, also known as requinto de Santo Domingo, or micropunta (10 steel strings) requinto mexicano (6 strings) requinto peruano (12 steel strings) requinto venezolano.ģ. Small guitar used in Spain and Spanish-speaking Latin America. Reque Reque –(pronounced reh-keh reh-keh) a South American scraper found in Bolivia and other Andean nations.ġ. It is played with one stick and the bare hand. Repinique –A small samba drum with a metallic sound. When vibrated by breathing, it produces a musical tone A thin strip of a flexible substance placed within the mouthpiece of certain wind instruments. A musical pipe made from a hollow stem.Ģ. It is layed on the ground and the musician sits on top of the drum, striking the head with his hands and a stick.ġ. Redondo (culo e puya) –An Afro-Venezuelan drum set formed by long cylindrical drums. Also known as flauto dolce (Italy), flauta de pico (Spain), flauta dulce (Spain and Spanish-speaking America), blockflöte (Germany), flûte à bec (France), flauta doce (Portugal), blockflöjt (Sweden), flauto a becco (Italy), flauto diritto (Italy), blokfluit (The Netherlands), blokkfløyte (Norway). In recent times it has become popular as a tool to teach music to children. Recorder – European wooden longitudinal whistle flute made in various sizes. Also known as quererequexé and querrerreque A Brazilian scraper of bamboo or metal, sometimes with springs. Reco-reco –A long hollow scraper popular in Angolan music. Your Connection to traditional and contemporary World Music, including folk, roots, global music, ethno and crosscultural fusions
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