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Page 157
... instrument , a secondary melody instrument , one or more rhythmic per- cussion instruments , and one or more drone instruments . The most commonly heard main melody instruments are the vīņā , a long - necked , fretted , plucked lute ...
... instrument , a secondary melody instrument , one or more rhythmic per- cussion instruments , and one or more drone instruments . The most commonly heard main melody instruments are the vīņā , a long - necked , fretted , plucked lute ...
Page 739
... instruments ; similarly , the Chinese accepted many new instruments from their Central Asian invaders . Indeed , the only world area that did not echo to the sound of strings was pre - Columbian America . No system of classification can ...
... instruments ; similarly , the Chinese accepted many new instruments from their Central Asian invaders . Indeed , the only world area that did not echo to the sound of strings was pre - Columbian America . No system of classification can ...
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... instruments . " The many lutelike instruments of modern India ( tam- bura , vina , sitar , and sarod ) are , technically speaking , lute - zithers , since their fingerboards are hollow ; in ap- pearance and playing technique , however ...
... instruments . " The many lutelike instruments of modern India ( tam- bura , vina , sitar , and sarod ) are , technically speaking , lute - zithers , since their fingerboards are hollow ; in ap- pearance and playing technique , however ...
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