Meet the Mariachi Instruments Let's take a closer look at the musical instruments that make up the Mariachi Ensemble. It is very important to learn the basic, fundamental qualities and attributes of these musical instruments. People all over the world have become familiar with Mariachi Music, but do not quite know the names or background of the instruments being played. Have you ever noticed which of the Mariachi Instruments in the Mariachi Ensemble are different from the other, more familiar instruments? Musicians, non-musicians and music aficionados will approach you with a very inquisitive and interested look and ask you... What do you call these instruments? You guessed right!!!
Biography - Giora Feidman Even the greatest career starts out on a small scale. In the case of Giora Feidman, this was more than 70 years ago. It all began in Buenos Aires. Giora Feidman was born in Argentina on 25 March 1936 as the son of a Jewish immigrant from Bessarabia (Moldavia / southern Ukraine). Music was in his blood: His father was a musician, as was his grandfather. "From the very beginning, from the day of my birth, songs have always accompanied me. The young Feidman grew up in the capital city of Buenos Aires, learned to play the clarinet, began already as a child to make music with his father at various festivals and parties and at 18 was eventually given the position of clarinetist at the Teatro Colon, the most renowned opera house in all of South America. Just like hundreds of thousands of other Jews, he was also magically drawn to the newly-established state of Israel. He would remain a faithful member of the orchestra for the next 18 years. "Now I found myself in Israel.
History of the Mariachi Mariachi and Dance It is important to remember the son-and other types of Mariachi music- is not just music to be played and sung. From the very start it was music to be danced. The traditional dance technique associated with both the son jalisciense and son jarocho is the zapateado, a distinctive type of footwork that originated in Spain. Each of the regional variations of the son has its traditional style of dance. The lyrics of the sones frequently describe country life: in particular, the plants, animals and people of the region. Another kind of music related to the son and intimately connected with a particular dance is the jarabe. By the 1930's Mariachi musicians had begun wearing the same traje de charro, consisting of a waist-length jacket and tightly fitted wool pants which open slightly at the ankle to fit over a short riding boot. Coming of Age: Mariachi Vargas The Mariachi at Special Occasions Mariachis often help celebrate the great moments in the lives of the Mexican people.
klezmer music Klezmer music, genre of music derived from and built upon eastern European music in the Jewish tradition. The common usage of the term developed about 1980; historically, a klezmer (plural: klezmorim or klezmers) was a male professional instrumental musician, usually Jewish, who played in a band hired for special occasions in eastern European communities. In the 21st century, klezmer music can be heard wherever Jews have settled. The Yiddish word klezmer derives from two Hebrew roots: klei (“vessel” or “instrument”) and zemer (“song”). Information about the klezmorim became much more reliable in the later 19th century as biographies, legends, and fictional accounts multiplied. The klezmer calling was hereditary and male; generally, a boy studied with his father, although some boys apprenticed themselves to musicians in other towns. Get unlimited access to all of Britannica’s trusted content.
YIVO | Music: Traditional and Instrumental Music By the later sixteenth to early seventeenth centuries in Bohemia and then in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Jewish musicians began to form their own guilds. The formation of guilds raised the social status of Jewish musicians, and led to the abandonment of the older term leyts (scoffer, clown), applied in Central Europe to singers, instrumentalists, clowns, and dancers, in favor of the new, more respectable term klezmer (from kele zemer, musical instruments or vessels of song; pl., klezmorim), designating exclusively an instrumentalist. The term klezmer made its way to Germany only in the eighteenth century, with the influx of Jewish musicians from Bohemia and Poland. Social History of the Klezmorim In areas where Gypsies (Rom) were never very numerous, especially Poland–Lithuania, klezmorim constituted the majority of professional musicians. Kapela Żydowska (Jewish band). Klezmer ensembles (di klezmer, kapelye, or khevrisa/khevrusa) were exclusively male. Music of the Klezmorim
traditional musical instruments indonesia ~ AejicShare Angklung is a musical instrument multitonal (double pitched) is traditionally grown in theSundanese-speaking community in the western part of Java Island. This musical instrument made of bamboo, sounded shaken by the way (the sound caused by impactbodies of bamboo pipes) so as to produce a vibrating sound in the arrangement of tones2, 3, and 4 tones in every size, both large and small. Angklung is listed as Masterpieces ofthe Oral and Cultural Heritage of UNESCO Human Nonbendawi since November 2010. Calung is a Sundanese musical instrument which is a prototype (prototype) of theangklung. Unlike the angklung is played by shaken, beating calung way is to hit the rod(wilahan, blades) of the joints (bamboo tubes) are arranged according to the barrel titi(scales) pentatonic (da-mi-na-ti-la) . Gamelan is a musical ensemble that usually highlight metallophones, xylophone, drums, and gongs. Rebana (Java Language: Fly) is a round drum-shaped and flat. Sasando is a stringed musical instrument.
Traditional Japanese Music - Koto - Virtual Culture The history of traditional music in Japan is rich and varied. Many musical forms were imported from China more than a thousand years ago, but over the years, they were reshaped into distinctively Japanese styles of expression. Instruments were adapted and newly created to meet local needs, and the most important of these were the shamisen, shakuhachi, and koto. The shamisen resembles a guitar; it has a long, thin neck and a small, rectangular body covered with skin. It's got three strings, and the pitch is adjusted using the tuning pegs on the head, just like a guitar or violin. The strings aren't plucked with the fingers; a large triangular plectrum is used to strike the strings. The shakuhachi is a flute made of bamboo that's played by blowing on one end. The koto, meanwhile, is a large, wooden instrument with 13 strings. Historians think the koto was born around the fifth to third century B.C. in China.
Celtic Music Instruments From the thump of the Bodhrán to the airy rasp of the wooden flute, celtic music is known by its instruments. Here's an introduction to the main players, with links to more information, for players and afficionados. Fiddle The fiddle is the mainstay of most Scottish and Irish music. The instrument is exactly the same as a violin; fiddle is simply the term used in traditional music. Despite it's popularity, there's not much information on the net about fiddles or fiddling. Flute Flutes of one sort or another have been played in the celtic countries for over a thousand years. Tin Whistle (pennywhistle) The simplest and cheapest of traditional instruments, yet not so simple to master. More information: Ceolas Tin Whistle guide. Bagpipes & uilleann pipes Several forms of bagpipe are used in celtic music. The Scottish highland pipes are the loudest, played standing, usually in pipe bands. Bagpipe FAQ Bagpipe Web David Daye's Bagpipe site, for Scottish and uilleann pipes. Bombarde Banjo Harp Voice
Malinke - Introduction, Location, Language, Folklore, Religion, Major holidays, Rites of passage PRONUNCIATION: mah-LING-kay ALTERNATE NAMES: Mandinka; Maninka; Manding; Mandingo; Mandin; Mande LOCATION: Territory covering The Gambia, Senegal, Mali, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) POPULATION: 1.5 million LANGUAGE: Variations of Mande languages RELIGION: Islam Liberia's population of over 2 million steadily declined in the 1990s. The Malinke are also commonly referred to as Mandinka, Maninka, Manding, Mandingo, Mandin, and Mande. The Malinke are heirs to the great Mali Empire, a medieval merchant empire that flourished from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century and greatly influenced the history of western Africa. As early as 1444, Portuguese traders had enslaved the first Malinke people, and in the next three and a half centuries, thousands of Malinke and other peoples were transported by Portuguese, British, French, and Dutch merchants to the Caribbean and the Americas to work as slaves on plantations. Haley, Alex.