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Spanish musical instrument makers (3 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Spanish musical instruments" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
A drawing from the 16th century Florentine Codex showing a One Flower ceremony with a teponaztli (foreground) and a huehuetl (background). This is a type of teponaztli made out of a turtle shell or ayotapalcatl [ajotaˈpaɬkat͡ɬ] A teponaztli [tepoˈnast͡ɬi] is a type of slit drum used in central Mexico by the Aztecs and related cultures.
Mandolin awareness in the United States blossomed in the 1880s, as the instrument became part of a fad that continued into the mid-1920s. [14] [15] According to Clarence L. Partee a publisher in the BMG movement (banjo, mandolin and guitar), the first mandolin made in the United States was made in 1883 or 1884 by Joseph Bohmann, who was an established maker of violins in Chicago. [16]
(The Spanish word for drum, tambor, although similar, actually derives from Arabic tabl). In Cuba and Latin America, timbales (timpani) were adapted into pailas, which is the name given to various Spanish metallic bowls and pans used as cookware (see paila). Paila derives from Old French paele, from Latin patĕlla. [3]
The bombo criollo, or simply bombo, is a family of Latin American drums derived from the European bass drum (also called in Spanish bombo) and native Latin American drum traditions. [1] These drums are of smaller dimensions than the orchestral bass drum, and their frame can be made of wood or steel.
Their success in Paris preceded a second group of Spanish performers, known as the Esudiantina Figaro or Esudiantina Española Figaroa (Figaro Band of Spanish Students). [55] This group was founded by Dionisio Granados and toured Europe dancing and playing guitars, violins and the bandurria , which became confused with the mandolin.
North American musical instruments by country (14 C) + Puerto Rican musical instruments (1 C, 5 P) C. Caribbean musical instruments (5 C, 10 P) E. Eskimo musical ...
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