Friday, October 25, 2013

Musical Instruments

Cymbals (Zills) (noun): There are various sorts similar to the ones found on Earth.

Czehar : (noun): A musical instrument consisting of a flat, oblong box, having 8 strings which are played with a horn pick; similar to a Japaniese koto.

Drum, Red Hunter's (noun): A large, heavy, handled and disklike. The frame, made of wood with a cover of Tabuk hide, is struck on the frame with a stick, giving the drum an odd resonance sound.

Flute, Double (noun): A wind instrument.

Gourds: Gourds that are filled with pebbles.

Herlit-bone Whistle: A whistle made from the bone of the herlit used by the Kaiila tribe in the performance of the great dance.

Kalika: (noun): A musical instrument having a long neck and hemispheric soundbox, its 6 strings being plucked; similar to a banjo.

Kaska (noun): A small hand drum.

Notched Stick: Played by sliding a polished tem-wood stick across the surface.

Slave bells: (noun): Tiny bells which give off a sensual shimmer of sound; threaded by the dozen on thongs or chains, they may be tied or locked around a girl's ankles or wrists, or attached to her collar; are worn or removed only at the whim of a master.

Tabor (noun): A small drum.

Tambourine (noun): Bits of metal on wires; gourds filled with pebbles and slave bells mounted on hand rings.

Tarn Drums (noun): Drums used in a march during war; the signals are used to control flying tarn armies.

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