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Exploring Music Introduction 3. by Prof. Lydia Ayers. Idiophones. among the oldest instruments Self-sounding idio = self phone = sound <1:15> Tongatong from the Philippines Stamping tubes
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Exploring Music Introduction 3 by Prof. Lydia Ayers
Idiophones • among the oldest instruments • Self-sounding • idio = self • phone = sound • <1:15> Tongatong from the Philippines • Stamping tubes • Bamboo tube held in one hand, closed end at the bottom, is struck against the ground or a hard surface. • Palm of other hand partly opens and closes the end, changing the timbre. wooden frog (Thailand) seke seke (Ivory Coast) Tongatong from the Philippines http://www.geidai.ac.jp/~odaka/gcat/image/062.jpg
Boom Boom Tubes • Can make from: • cardboard tubes • PVC pipes • water bottles • Playing them: • Strike them against a table or your hand • Can also tightly close one end • Clap your hands near the open end • Strike the open end with your hand or a hard object
Stamping Tubes • Similar to Boom Boom tubes with closed end, and usually longer • Can make from: • cardboard tubes • PVC pipes • Stamp the closed end against the floor
<7:5>Sanza, Mbira • “thumb piano” • nine to thirteen keys • player can modify the sound by stopping and opening the sound hole • extremely fast playing with singing sanza
Sanza, Mbira • Can make body from: • wooden boxes • cardboard boxes • paper plates • Can make keys from: • leaf rake tines • flattened steel • huge bobby pins • bicycle spokes • bamboo splints • popsicle sticks
<7:7> Balofon • wooden slabs • gourd resonators balofon
T’rung • A wooden percussion instrument with xylophone-like sound. • Comes from the Tay Nguyen region of Vietnam • <5:09> Sao phong tieu (flute), t’rung, and angklung (bamboo tubes) • No finger holes • Performer produces melody by covering of the end of the flute and overblowing harmonics http://www.vietnamtourism.com/v_pages/vietnam/culture/music/vcm_dantrng.htm
Woodstock Gamelan • Can tune aluminum tubes • Can mount on cardboard frame