Nancy Carlin
Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:53:20 -0700
The crwth has one plucked string on the bass side of the instrument. The rest are over a rather flat bridge and are bowed. Here is a link to some pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crwth Cass Meurig, who is in one of the pictures, wrote a PhD dissertation on the instrument and has made a CD all of crwth music. Nancy Carlin >Damien, I'm sure other people will disagree with >me, so I'll send this to the cittern list! >(also: the 'crwth' is a bowed instrument, not plucked) > > >Damien Delgrossi wrote: >>>> >>>>I am suprised to read you saying that UK >>>>doesn't have plucked instruments traditions. >>>>What about banjos? and pictures showing >>>>popular mandolin played by folk performers >>>>long long time ago? Are you sure of what you said? >Stuart wrote: >>>I think so. In the 1950s, some folk singers >>>used pianos as accompaniment! The guitar - as >>>an accompaniment to folk songs - is from the >>>1960s. The traditional folk songs collected >>>from the 19th century were all sung >>>unaccompanied. The only genuine folk string >>>instrument (apart from fiddles) is the hammered dulcimer. >>> >>>Banjos, guitars and mandolins have been around >>>in Britain since the late 19th century. But >>>not playing traditional folk music. They >>>played popular tunes and popular 'folk' tunes >>>(only a distant relation to traditional folk >>>music) and bits of classical music. >>> >>>Nowadays, many folk players players play >>>modern citterns, flat-backed bouzoukis, >>>mandolins and mandolas etc. But this is all from the 1960s and 1970s. >>> >>>There are no plucked instruments in >>>traditional Irish music either (before the last few decades). >>> >>>Stuart >Good morning Stuart, > >It is very interesting what you wrote. I >understand well the difference you do between >folk popular tune and traditional music. People >often don't do the same and think that popular >tune are always traditional. You're right when you say that is not. > >So the only plucked instrument traditional is >the medieval crwth from Wales in the 9th century? > >Regards, > >Damien > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Nancy Carlin Associates P.O. Box 6499 Concord, CA 94524 USA phone 925/686-5800 fax 925/680-2582 web site - www.nancycarlinassociates.com Representing: FROM WALES - Robin Huw Bowen, Crasdant, Neil & Meg Browning's Never Mind the Bocs & Carreg Lafar, FROM ENGLAND - The City Waites, Jez Lowe, & Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies, FROM FRANCE - Gabriel Yacoub, FROM SPAIN - La Musga=F1a and now representing EARLY MUSIC - The Venere Lute Quartet and Paul Beier Administrator THE LUTE SOCIETY OF AMERICA web site - http://LuteSocietyofAmerica.org --