![]() ![]() Guitarron - Large bass guitar of Chile and Mexico. Directly related to medieval citterns and the English guitar. Closely associated with traditional Fado music. Guitarra - Portuguese guitar, usually 12 strings in 6 courses. Guitar - Six-stringed musical instrument played with the fingers or pick. Guirro - Scraper of the Caribbean long, ribbed gourd rubbed with stick. Gousli - Traditional Russian zither/harp with 16 metal strings. Gilo Stones(Solomon Islands, Pacific) - Music is created by striking certain stones with bamboo sticks of varying lengths, producing mellifluous xylophonic sounds, like running water. Glockenspiel - Percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned metal plates played with a pair of small hammers Ghatam - South Indian clay pot classical percussion. Gemshorn - A cow horn with finger holes and a fipple inserted at the wide end. Gayda - Bulgarian bagpipe single reed mouth blown. Gangan - Nigerian drum, smaller than Dundun played under the arm. Gamelan - A type of percussion orchestra common in the East Indies. Gaita gallega in Galicia, and gaita asturiana in Asturias are similar, also known in northern Portugal. Traditionally played at feasts and weddings. Gaita - Spanish traditional bagpipe, usually with single drone, and plain leather bag. Has single drone, and 8 hole chanter, one hole for the thumb, 7 for the fingers. Gaida - Bulgarian version of mountain/shepherd pipes. Has three or four strings, very similar to a Rebec. Gadulka - Bulgarian type of fiddle played upright usually rests on knee. hence Tin Whistle, also known as penny whistle. Often made from a metal tube, either cylindrical or conical. Flat-backed instruments are commonly used in Irish, British, and Brazilian folk music.Fa'atete - Tahitian drum, covered in a tight, single membrane distinct, high sound like a drum roll.įipple - A word meaning the sharp edge of the lip (of a flute or recorder).įlageolet - Whistle, usually with 6 holes related to the recorder. Archtop instruments are common in American folk music and bluegrass music. Neapolitan mandolins feature prominently in European classical music and traditional music. Each style of instrument has its own sound quality and is associated with particular forms of music. The flat-backed mandolin uses thin sheets of wood for the body, braced on the inside for strength in a similar manner to a guitar. The archtop, also known as the carved-top mandolin has an arched top and a shallower, arched back both carved out of wood. The round-backed version has a deep bottom, constructed of strips of wood, glued together into a bowl. There are many styles of mandolin, but the three most common types are the Neapolitan or round-backed mandolin, the archtop mandolin and the flat-backed mandolin. Also like the violin, it is the soprano member of a family that includes the mandola, octave mandolin, mandocello and mandobass. The courses are typically tuned in a interval of perfect fifths, with the same tuning as a violin (G3, D4, A4, E5). It most commonly has four courses of doubled metal strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 strings, although five (10 strings) and six (12 strings) course versions also exist. A mandolin ( Italian: mandolino pronounced literally “small mandola“) is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a plectrum. ![]()
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