Egyptian Musical Instruments - Softcover

Gadalla, Moustafa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1931446741 ISBN 13: 9781931446747

Verlag: Tehuti Research foundation, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

This book presents the major Ancient Egyptian musical instruments, their ranges, and playing techniques.This book consists of five chapters:Chapter 1: The Wealth of Instruments will cover the general characteristics of Egyptian instruments as well the major components of the musical orchestraChapter 2: Stringed Instruments will cover various Ancient Egyptian stringed instruments such as lyres, tri-gonon (zither), Harps including playing techniques: Harps—Playing Techniques; The All-Encompassing Capacities of Ancient; string instruments with neck—such as short-neck Lute; the long-neck Egyptian guitars; and Bowed Instruments [Kamanga, Rababa].Chapter 3: Wind Instruments will cover The end blown flute; transverse flute; pan flute; single reed pipe (clarinet); double Pipe; double clarinet; double oboe; arghool; others (bagpipe and organ); and horns/trumpets.Chapter 4: Percussion Instruments will cover the membrano-phone instruments such as drums and tambourines; and the non-membrano-phone (idiophone) instruments such as percussion sticks, clappers, sistrums/sistra, cymbals, castanets, bells (chimes), xylophone and glockenspiel and human parts (hands, fingers, thighs, feet, etc.).Chapter 5: The Musical Performance will cover the significance and roles of the fingers and their knuckles in producing and directing musical performances; as well as the varied methods for maintaining the rhythmic timing/tempo—including the use of syllables.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Tehuti Research foundation
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1931446741
• ISBN 13: 9781931446747
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 126
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