Subject: [CITTERN] Re: Traditional British (plucked) instruments
Frank:
An icon of the traditional English folk music scene, Rod Stradling,
recently told me about a place in Italy that had recently redicsovered
its
own unique traditional music and dances. They were said to be paticular
Dear Frank,
Very interesting essay, and clearly the product of wide experience and
a lot of thought. Basically, couldn't agree more with your statements
and the lack of an easy answer. The question is, frankly, the answer.
And I hope that doesn't sound like too much of a new-age mantra: in
One of the interesting things about the Welsh crwth is that while
there are several extant instruments (including a nice one in the
National Library in Aberystwyth) the playing tradition got completely
killed off by the religious movement that encouraged people to get
rid of instruments and
I really enjoyed your comments on folk music. One
thing I find interesting is some of the
differences in how Canadians fit music into the
categories. Blues is much more a part of folk in
Canada. And the influence of English music (and
French) is stronger in their folk music.
Nancy Carlin
On Apr 7, 2008, at 1:43 AM, Frank Nordberg wrote:
Your folk music is a means to define where you come from and where
you belong in this world. And since we don't all belong in the same
place (fortunately) it may not be the same as somebody else's folk
music.
Dear Frank,
you invited
David:
Well, I could be wrong, but since bowed instruments are more recent that
plucked, it would seem that way. The crowd is one of those many instruments
that (I believe) evolved from the Greek Kithara and are known throughout Europe
by various names..zither, citera, etc (ha ha). The
Related to this topic, there will be an article about the influence of
art music on traditional music in the Summer 2008 issue of Fiddler
Magazine [ http://www.fiddle.com/ ], written by Andrew Kuntz, who is
responsible for The Fiddler’s Companion website.
Doc Rossi wrote:
Related to this topic, there will be an article about the influence of
art music on traditional music in the Summer 2008 issue of Fiddler
Magazine [ http://www.fiddle.com/ ], written by Andrew Kuntz, who is
responsible for The Fiddler’s Companion website.
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
Does the Pictish traingular harp count?
Rob
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Rob MacKillop wrote:
Does the Pictish traingular harp count?
It certainly does. I was trying to keep things simple by only focusing
on fretted instruments but on second though that may not have been a
good idea.
Frank Nordberg
http://www.musicaviva.com
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
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