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by Prof. Lydia Ayers

Exploring Music Introduction 10. by Prof. Lydia Ayers. Lawn Lyre and Spoon Harp. Peter Whitehead’s instruments ordinary objects such as spoons and pots and pans. [Track 8] Peter Whitehead: Tunnel of Love. Spoon Harp. Lawn Lyre. Giant Bass Harp. Arthur K. Ferris

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by Prof. Lydia Ayers

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  1. Exploring Music Introduction 10 by Prof. Lydia Ayers

  2. Lawn Lyre and Spoon Harp • Peter Whitehead’s instruments • ordinary objects such as spoons and pots and pans • [Track 8] Peter Whitehead: Tunnel of Love Spoon Harp Lawn Lyre

  3. Giant Bass Harp • Arthur K. Ferris • Combined harp with violin in varying sizes Giant Bass Harp

  4. Great Island Mouthbow • Colin Offord plays his instrument by plucking, bowing or striking with chopsticks • [Track 2] Colin Offord: Heavenly Flower (also has eagle feather flute) Great Island Mouthbow

  5. Santour • <2:22>Nagme-ye karevan, santour • 4 strings for each note! • Note timbre change when she changes from hard to rubber-tipped mallets photo from Classical Music of Iran CD

  6. Yangqin • from Western Asia • introduced into China during the Ming Dynasty. • strings strung in pairs, thus producing a high and tinkling timbre in its top registers, a soft and beautiful tone in the middle and a strong rich sound in the lower registers. • Performer hits strings with two bamboo sticks

  7. Yangqin • [iii:9] Planting Song • Manchurian Folk Song, Xu Ying, arr.

  8. <ewm6:17>Big Noise from Winnetka • created by bassist Bob Haggart and drummer Ray Bauduc in 1938 • excerpt for bass • playing techniques: • plucked • slapped • struck with drumsticks • whistling Bob Haggart, bass

  9. Plucked and Slapped Bass plucked double bass slapped double bass plucked plucked slapped

  10. Bass with Drum Sticks and Whistling struck with drum sticks struck with drum sticks whistling bass struck with drum sticks whistling

  11. Tea Chest Bass • Grandpa Pencil’s design using everyday materials • Lonnie Donegan used to play a tea-chest bass and a washboard between sets of his skiffle group: www.tsimon.com/donegan.htm Tea Chest Bass http://www.grandpapencil.com/activity/tchest.htm

  12. More Basses Washtub Bass http://www.ohek.co.uk/instruments/wtpics.htm Tea Chest Bass http://fer.scdsb.on.ca/mays/musical%20insturments.htm

  13. Washtub Bass Washtub Bass http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~dhavlena/bass.htm

  14. The Story of the Violin similar to Erhu (China) Ravanastron May have belonged to a sovereign of India 5000 B.C.E. Rebab (Egypt)http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/MHN/pages/strn_1240.jpg Rebab / Rabab The influence of the rebab from Persia, Arabia and North Africa reaches east to Indonesia and west to Europe and Africa. Rebab (Java, Indonesia) http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/MHN/pages/jumbo-strn Rebec Muslim merchants and artists brought the Rebec to southern Europe in the Middle Ages. Rebec http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/antiqua/rebec.htm

  15. http://vdgsa.org/img/viol1.jpg Viol North African and South Indian music also use the violin. Violin Andrea Amati (1505-1580) first made the violin in its present shape. Antonio Stradivari (1644-1733) perfected the violin in Italy in the 17th century. L. Subramaniam, [i:4] Raga Kirvani

  16. Bowed Strings (huqin) • Erhu • 2 strings with a snake-skin sound box • <3:16>Wong On Yuen, erhu, performs Joshua Chan Kam Biu's Eternal Love Wong On Yuen (gaohu)

  17. Bowed Strings (huqin) • Gaohu • 2 strings with a snake-skin sound box; higher than erhu • Zhonghu • lower than erhu • The shape of the resonatorvaries from circular to octagonal.

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