instruments

Documentary – Traditional Music of Turkey with Wooden Instruments – Tolgahan Çoğulu

Tolgahan Çoğulu has worked on a project to present wooden instruments from Turkey. This has been inspired by the World Wood Day on March 21st. The result is the following playlist with 17 videos that present the instruments: Ud Ney microtonal guitar Tar Kemençe Bağlama fretless guitar Kemane Kanun Tulum Dede Efendi Tanbur Erbane Mey …

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Bluegrass and Art – Drawings, Paintings and more

aa mandolin guitar / By admin

From time to time I like to visit exhibitions and galleries to see some great works of art, but I do also search for drawings and paintings online. As a musician and Bluegrass fan I especially like to watch paintings and drawings of musicians and instruments. Today I want to present five websites with pictures …

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The Bandola Llanera * Plucked Instruments from Venezuela * Saúl Vera / Ricardo Sandoval

bandola / By admin

There are several instruments in Venezuela and Columbia named bandola, the bandola llanera is the most popular of those. The bandola llanera has 4 strings – usually made from nylon like the strings of a classical guitar. It looks like a pearshaped guitar, at the first sight it looks quite strange and unusual. The instrument …

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