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Media in category "Musical instruments in art" The following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. Georges Braque, 1909-10, La guitare (Mandora, La Mandore), oil on canvas, 71.1 x 55.9 cm, Tate Modern, London.jpg 1,287 × 1,536; 225 KB
The instrument has a gourd body or soundbox and is about 75 centimeters long. [3] The komo (also 2 strings) is equivalent to the garaya. [3] It has a soundbox made from a gourd (instead of wood) and is about 75 centimeters long. [3] The instruments have traditionally been played to make "praise" songs for hunters, accompanied by gourd rattles.
Drawings of the reeds of regals and other reed pipes, as well as of the instrument itself, are given by Praetorius (pl. iv., xxxviii.). The regal may be seen as the ancestor of the harmonium, the reed organ, and the various varieties of "squeezebox" such as the accordion, the concertina, and the Bandoneón.
In the English Folk Revival of the 1960s, though the English concertina had been more an art music instrument, it became popular with British folk musicians. Karl Dallas has suggested that the mere presence of 'English' in the name attracted some of the revival's demographic; [6] however the instrument's versatility and portability were also important as factors in the instrument's adoption. [7]
Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Christian Nieves played a cuatro on the 2017 hit single "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee; [11] the instrument, as strung for left-handed playing, appears at 3:32 of the song's official music video, which became the most-viewed video on YouTube on August 4, 2017.
The instrument may have a relationship with the mythological yali, the word for which (யாழி) is linguistically similar to the word for this arched harp (முகம்). Whatever relationship the words may or may not have linguistically, some researchers believe the mythological yali was carved into the tip of the yazh harp's neck. [ 3 ]
The modern instrument appears to have survived and developed in Algeria in isolation from surrounding regions, and is traditionally associated with the music of Al-Andalus. This cultural tradition in North Africa is considered closely linked to development in the Iberian peninsula and the later expulsion of the Moriscos between 1609 and 1614.
The hyōshigi is a simple Japanese musical instrument, consisting of two pieces of hardwood or bamboo often connected by a thin ornamental rope. The clappers are played together or on the floor to create a cracking sound. Sometimes they are struck slowly at first, then faster and faster.