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Classic - Ancient Greek instruments by Nicholas Brass by ancient greek instruments (ancientgreekinstruments). Stream music on Myspace, a place where people come to connect, discover, and share.

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Lute: the neck of the Renaissance lute was bent back; the strings were tuned in pairs and the fingerboard had frets. Viols: Flat back and six strings. Fretted fingerboard. Viols were held upright in front of the player rather than tucked under the chin Crumhorn: double-reed instrument Sackbut: It's an early kind of trombone. Trumpet: Without the valve system we know today (it was invented in the 19th century). The different notes were obtained by varying the lip pressure Percussion…

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Pipa. Period: Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Date: late 16th–early 17th century. Wood, ivory, bone, silk. The pear-shaped lute slowly migrated from Central Asia into China during the Han and Sui dynasties (1st-7th century). Until the mid-tenth century, the pipa was held horizontally, and its twisted silk strings were plucked with a large triangular plectrum. Toward the end of the Tang dynasty, musicians began using their fingernails, and the instrument began to be held in a more upright position. Old Musical Instruments, Chinese Dynasty, Instruments Art, Early Music, Ancient Chinese Art, Vintage Evening Bags, Folk Instruments, Tang Dynasty, Small Ponds

Marking: (on stringholder) Old style calligraphy interpreted by Nora Yeh, ethnomusicologist, (August, 1983): characters indicate Spring, water, full/fill, four body of water, i.e. four categories of water: lake, pond, smaller pond, puddle; signifying a wish for abundance

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Tanggu. Elevated Tone Workshop, Guangzhou (Canton). Period: Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Date: 19th century. Geography: Shangai, China. Ancient Inventions, Chinese Drum, China Culture, Chinese History, Musical Art, Beautiful Music, Percussion Instruments, Ancient China, Qing Dynasty

The tone and volume of this double-headed barrel drum can be varied by striking the oxhide nearer or farther from the center or rim. Used in theatrical performances or Buddhist rituals, drums similar to this one, suspended in a frame or on poles, have held a place in Chinese music since the Shang dynasty

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