"of all fretted instruments in 1954. However, in 1965, Fender distributed five models of banjo under the ""Regal"" name, as the ""exclusive distributors"". In 1987 the ""Regal"" name and trademark reappeared as a brand of Saga Musical Instruments. most notable for their 4-string bass resonator guitars, Regal Musical Instrument Company The Regal Musical Instrument Company was established in 1908 in Chicago. By the 1930s, they were one of the largest manufacturers of musical instruments in the world. Regal specialised in: Regal was heavily involved in the production of resonator fretted instruments from their first development until 1941, manufacturing components and"
"Sacre du printemps"") by Stravinsky. Güiro The güiro () is a Latin American percussion instrument consisting of an open-ended, hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side. It is played by rubbing a stick or tines along the notches to produce a ratchet sound. The güiro is commonly used in Puerto Rican, Cuban and other forms of Latin American music, and plays a key role in the typical rhythm section of important genres like son, trova and salsa. Playing the güiro usually requires both long and short sounds, made by scraping up and down in long or short strokes."
"used all over the world and covered with a net with shells or seeds to create an instrument such as the shekere. Modern shakers are often cylinders made from metal wood or plastic containing small hard items such as seeds, stones, or plastic - an example is the Egg Shaker.There is another category of shaken instrument using jingles, little discs of metal which tap together when shaken. Tambourines fall into this category. This can be a wood, metal or plastic instrument which has ridges on its body. Often known as Guiro, rhythms are created by running a thin stick up"
"Guqin The guqin (; ) is a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family. It has been played since ancient times, and has traditionally been favoured by scholars and literati as an instrument of great subtlety and refinement, as highlighted by the quote ""a gentleman does not part with his ""qin"" or ""se"" without good reason,"" as well as being associated with the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius. It is sometimes referred to by the Chinese as ""the father of Chinese music"" or ""the instrument of the sages"". The ""guqin"" is not to be confused with the ""guzheng"", another"
"Leiqin The leiqin (雷琴 or 擂琴, literally ""thunderous instrument""; also called leihu) is a Chinese bowed string musical instrument. It has a metal soundbox covered with snakeskin and a long fretless fingerboard. The two strings pass over a small bridge that is placed on the snakeskin, near the top edge. The leiqin is played while the player is seated in a chair, with the instrument's body resting in his or her lap and held in a vertical or near-vertical position. Unlike the ""erhu"" and other instruments in the ""huqin"" family, the strings are touched against the fingerboard in the same"
"is often played by a singer. It is closely related to the Cuban guayo and the Dominican güira, which are made of metal. Other instruments similar to the güiro are the Colombian guacharaca, the Brazilian reco-reco, the quijada (cow jawbone) and the frottoir (washboard). In the Arawakan language, a language of the indigenous people of Latin America and spread throughout the Caribbean spoken by groups such as the Taíno, güiro referred to fruit of the güira and an instrument made from fruit of the güira. The güiro is a notched, hollowed-out gourd. Often, the calabash gourd is used. The güiro"
"an 11-string Godin Glissentar - in effect a fretless electric oud with the same scale and size as a conventional guitar. He is also a proficient piano player and percussionist. Nigel often employs live loops in both performance and recording, using a custom effects box with a large variety of foot pedals. He plays with both fingers and a pick but also has been known to strike, pick, strum and pluck an instrument's strings with a variety of implements, including a pipe cleaner. Nigel Gavin Nigel Gavin is a New Zealand based musician and composer, best known as a guitar"
"Guitalin A guitalin () is a Northern American folk instrument that is a part of the lute family, having four courses of strings. Its fourth course is tuned to an octave while the remaining courses are tuned in unisons. The instrument can be either finger picked or plucked with a plectrum. It was invented in October 1962 by Lyle Mayfield of Greenville, Illinois. The guitalin is a non-traditional, hybrid folk instrument, as it incorporates features of multiple traditional folk instruments into one. While the original tuning consisted of a G chord in root position, the standard tuning of the guitalin"
"technique as the ""sanxian"". The ""leiqin"" was adapted from an earlier traditional instrument called ""zhuihu"" in the 1920s. Leiqin The leiqin (雷琴 or 擂琴, literally ""thunderous instrument""; also called leihu) is a Chinese bowed string musical instrument. It has a metal soundbox covered with snakeskin and a long fretless fingerboard. The two strings pass over a small bridge that is placed on the snakeskin, near the top edge. The leiqin is played while the player is seated in a chair, with the instrument's body resting in his or her lap and held in a vertical or near-vertical position. Unlike the"
"Ahardin Ahardin is a musical bow played by southern Tuaregs consists of a curved branch held with a twisted rope of raw leather or bark of acacia. Serving as a sound box, a reversed calabash is placed on the curved part of the bow on the ground. To hold the whole, the player presses her knee on the container. With the fingers of the left hand, as with the imzad, she defines the melody, while with the thumb and forefinger of the right hand, she grip the string with a regular gesture vibrate. At present, the ahardin, an instrument whose"
"Güiro The güiro () is a Latin American percussion instrument consisting of an open-ended, hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side. It is played by rubbing a stick or tines along the notches to produce a ratchet sound. The güiro is commonly used in Puerto Rican, Cuban and other forms of Latin American music, and plays a key role in the typical rhythm section of important genres like son, trova and salsa. Playing the güiro usually requires both long and short sounds, made by scraping up and down in long or short strokes. The güiro, like the maracas,"
"Gottan The gottan (, also known as the hako [""box""] or ita [""board""] shamisen/jamisen) is a traditional Japanese three-stringed plucked instrument, often considered either a relative or derivative of the sanshin, itself a relative of the shamisen. The major difference between a sanshin and a gottan is that the body of a sanshin tends to be made of a hollowed wooden cavity covered with a type of membrane, whereas the whole of a gottan – body, neck, and all – is made up of solid wood, usually of a single type, often Japanese cedar. The gottan's musical repertoire is often"
"Riq The riq () (also spelled riqq or rik) is a type of tambourine used as a traditional instrument in Arabic music. It is an important instrument in both folk and classical music throughout the Arabic-speaking world. It traditionally has a wooden frame (although in the modern era it may also be made of metal), jingles, and a thin, translucent head made of fish or goat skin (or, more recently, a synthetic material). It is between 20 and 25 cm in diameter. Descended from the ""daf"", like the ""tar"", the ""riq"" acquired its name in the 19th century so that"
"Sringa The sringa, also known as tutari, ranasringa, blowhorn, sig, singa, kurudutu or kombu, is an ancient Indian musical instrument. It is a type of horn wind instrument. There are two shape types of bugles, one made in ""S"" shape, and the other in ""C"" shape. Material was originally made of animal horn, and of metal. The tutari in Maharashtra, has survived not just because of its connections to royal traditions, but as a current political symbol. The instrument is also executed in South India, in Sri Lanka, and Nepal. It is played for festivals, and in ritual performances known"
"manufacture is easily improvised, is considered above all as a game of girls. Tahardant, feminine of ahardin, is also the name of a plucked string instrument, a kind of guitar played throughout the region of the Niger River loop, by ""court craftsmen"" in the Tuaregs and by griots in the Songhai. Ahardin Ahardin is a musical bow played by southern Tuaregs consists of a curved branch held with a twisted rope of raw leather or bark of acacia. Serving as a sound box, a reversed calabash is placed on the curved part of the bow on the ground. To hold"
"song telling of an issue of local importance or even making fun of a prominent figure in the community! Performers include Eduardo Durão and Venancio Mbande. The gyil () is a pentatonic instrument common to the Gur-speaking populations in Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mali and Ivory Coast in West Africa. The Gyil is the primary traditional instrument of the Dagara people of northern Ghana and Burkina Faso, and of the Lobi of Ghana, southern Burkina Faso, and Ivory Coast. The gyil is usually played in pairs, accompanied by a calabash gourd drum called a ""kuor"". It can also be played by"
"Guqin playing technique The playing techniques of the guqin, sometimes called fingerings, are more numerous than those of any other Chinese or Western musical instrument. They are also complex and full of symbolism. The music of the qin can be categorised as three distinctively different ""sounds."" The first is ""san yin"" 〔散音〕, which means ""scattered sounds."" This is produced by plucking the required string to sound an open note . The second is ""fan yin"" 〔泛音〕, or ""floating sounds."" These are harmonics, in which the player lightly touches the string with one or more fingers of the left hand at"
"light and cheerful, including many folk songs. Like the shamisen, it was used for door-to-door musical busking, known as ""kadozuke"". Often the gottan is compared to the ""kankara"", an Okinawan instrument related to the sanshin, due to its relative inexpensiveness (made from a used metal can) and ease of construction. The equivalent all-wood Okinawan instrument is the ""ita sanshin"". Gottan The gottan (, also known as the hako [""box""] or ita [""board""] shamisen/jamisen) is a traditional Japanese three-stringed plucked instrument, often considered either a relative or derivative of the sanshin, itself a relative of the shamisen. The major difference between"
"is called ""The Lore of the Chinese Lute"", the guqin is sometimes inaccurately called a lute. Other incorrect classifications, mainly from music compact discs, include ""harp"" or ""table-harp"". The guqin is a very quiet instrument, with a range of about four octaves, and its open strings are tuned in the bass register. Its lowest pitch is about two octaves below middle C, or the lowest note on the cello. Sounds are produced by plucking open strings, stopped strings, and harmonics. The use of glissando—sliding tones—gives it a sound reminiscent of a pizzicato cello, fretless double bass or a slide guitar."
"Merzhin Merzhin (""Merlin"" in Breton language) is a rock band from Landerneau, in Brittany, formed in 1996 by six friends of high school. Their music is characterized by the displayed energy and by the uncommon use of instruments in the standards of the rock. Indeed, inspired by their native Brittany, six musicians don't hesitate to intervene in lead instrument bombards or various types of flutes or brass instruments besides the traditional guitars, bass and drums. Performing in rear rooms of cafés and going as far as the biggest festivals, Merzhin is a band recognized on the French scene. They are"
"as kshetram vadyam. It is also played for marriages and in military music. Kombu (instrument) Sringa The sringa, also known as tutari, ranasringa, blowhorn, sig, singa, kurudutu or kombu, is an ancient Indian musical instrument. It is a type of horn wind instrument. There are two shape types of bugles, one made in ""S"" shape, and the other in ""C"" shape. Material was originally made of animal horn, and of metal. The tutari in Maharashtra, has survived not just because of its connections to royal traditions, but as a current political symbol. The instrument is also executed in South India,"
"different festivals also like 'Ghintanghisi' and others. Khin Khin is a classical membranophone used in Newar music. Khin are played in pair putting on lap by the players facing each other. A Khin is made of a hollow wooden trunk with membrane covering both sides. The right side is covered with cow skin, while the left side is covered with goat skin. Both sides are attached with a black tuning paste called ""khau"". The right hole of the trunk is narrower than the left one, and thus sound produced from the right side is sharper than the sound from left"
"Xiqin (instrument) The xiqin () was a bowed string musical instrument. It is perhaps the original member of the ""huqin"" family of Chinese and Mongolian bowed string instruments; thus, the ""Erhu"" and ""Morin khuur"" and all similar fiddle instruments may be said to be derived from the ""xiqin"". The ""xiqin"" had two silk strings and was held vertically. The ""xiqin"" is believed to have been developed by the Kumo Xi, a Mongol- or Khitan-related ethnic group living in the Xar Moron River valley in northeast China. The ""xiqin"" first appeared in China during the Tang Dynasty, during which time it"
"This passing down of oral history through music has made music one of the most distinctive traits of the Mandinka. They have long been known for their drumming and also for their unique musical instrument, the kora. The kora is a twenty-one-stringed guitar-like instrument made out of a halved, dried, hollowed-out gourd covered with cow or goat skin. The strings are made of fishing line (these were traditionally made from a cow's tendons). It is played to accompany a griot's singing or simply on its own. A Mandinka religious and cultural site under consideration for World Heritage status is located"
"Igil An igil (Tuvan- игил) is a two-stringed Tuvan musical instrument, played by bowing the strings. (It is called ""ikili"" in Western Mongolia.) The neck and lute-shaped sound box are usually made of a solid piece of pine or larch. The top of the sound box may be covered with skin or a thin wooden plate. The strings, and those of the bow, are traditionally made of hair from a horse's tail (strung parallel), but may also be made of nylon. Like the morin khuur of Mongolia, the igil typically features a carved horse's head at the top of the"
"Khin Khin is a classical membranophone used in Newar music. Khin are played in pair putting on lap by the players facing each other. A Khin is made of a hollow wooden trunk with membrane covering both sides. The right side is covered with cow skin, while the left side is covered with goat skin. Both sides are attached with a black tuning paste called ""khau"". The right hole of the trunk is narrower than the left one, and thus sound produced from the right side is sharper than the sound from left side. It is played during 'Bhajans' and"
"instruments due to the advent of television as a form of family entertainment, Marxochime was no longer able to produce the violin-uke and halted production in 1972. Ukelin The ukelin is a bowed psaltery with zither strings made popular in the 1920s. It is meant to be a combination of the violin and the Hawaiian ukulele. It lost popularity prior to the 1970s because the instrument was difficult to play and often returned to the manufacturer before it had been completely paid for. The history of the ukelin is hard to trace, since there were several instruments resembling the ukelin"
"Geomungo The geomungo (also spelled komungo or kŏmun'go) or hyeongeum (literally ""black zither"", also spelled hyongum or hyŏn'gŭm) is a traditional Korean stringed musical instrument of the zither family of instruments with both bridges and frets. Scholars believe that the name refers to Goguryeo and translates to ""Goguryeo zither"" or that it refers to the colour and translates to ""black crane zither"" (""hyeonhakgeum"", 현학금 / 玄鶴琴). The geomungo's place in Korean culture is traditionally that of a scholars instrument for self-cultivation, much like ancient Chinese had done with the guqin in China. The instrument originated circa the 4th century (see"
"Sekere ""This article is about the musical genre. For the musical instrument, see Shekere."" Sekere is a traditional Yoruba musical instrument that was pioneered and popularized by the late Alhaji Alamu Atatalo from Ibadan, Nigeria. Cowrie shells are wound around a large and polished gourd; the musician violently shakes the sekere (shaker) and also uses his fists to beat the gourd thereby creating a percussive sound that gladdens and delights the spectators. Typically accompanied by other instruments, such as the aro, dundun, omele, agogo, agidigbo, and a chorus; in Yorubaland -- especially in Ibadan, the sekere musician sometimes shows off"
"tablature. There are now new books that have begun to be published about these fingerings and notation as qin culture and study gains momentum. Guqin playing technique The playing techniques of the guqin, sometimes called fingerings, are more numerous than those of any other Chinese or Western musical instrument. They are also complex and full of symbolism. The music of the qin can be categorised as three distinctively different ""sounds."" The first is ""san yin"" 〔散音〕, which means ""scattered sounds."" This is produced by plucking the required string to sound an open note . The second is ""fan yin"" 〔泛音〕,"
"Shekere The shekere (from Yoruba Ṣẹ́kẹrẹ) is a West African percussion instrument consisting of a dried gourd with beads or cowries woven into a net covering the gourd. The instrument is common in West African and Latin American folkloric traditions as well as some of the popular music styles. In performance it is shaken and/or hit against the hands. The shekere is made from vine gourds that grow on the ground. The shape of the gourd determines the sound of the instrument. A shekere is made by drying the gourd for several months then removing the pulp and seeds. After"
"with a plectrum attached to the base for plucking. Plectrums were traditionally made of bone, but are now made of plastic or wood. It is often ornately and colourfully painted or carved with religious symbols and motifs, and its pegbox is often impressively carved into a ""C"" shape resembling a ""chusing"", a type of sea monster. Tassels may be hung from the horns of the ""chusing"" to give the instrument a more frightening look. The triple (usually middle) course of the dramyin typically contains the half string on the left, which is usually tuned an octave above the middle unison"
"Jetigen The jetigen (, , or dzhetigan or zhetygen) is a Kazakh seven-stringed zither similar to the Mongolian yatga or Siberian jadagan. The strings were sometimes made of horsehair. Zhetygen is an ancient seven-stringed plucking instrument, which reminds of gusli or lying harp. The most ancient type of zhetygen looked like the prolonged box hollowed out of the wooden piece. Such zhetygen did not have the upper sounding board and pins. The strings were stretched by hand from the outer side of the instrument. Later the upper part of zhetygen was covered with the wooden sounding board. Assyks were out"