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Posted by Michael Bulatovich on February 1, 2008, 9:02 am
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>>>>>>> Junior wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>primo gusle:
>>>>>>>>>http://www.ojkrajino.com/muzika/crnogorske/Crnogorske%20-%20Mojkovacki%20lav.mp3
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>>>>>>>>>absolutely ancient. You can just picture tribes coming outa da
>>>>>>>>>Kavkaz
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>>>>>>>>And I thought waterboarding was bad...................
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>>>>>>> Basically, I think that what happened was when the tribes came out,
>>>>>>> they hadn't quote perfected the instrument, or hadn't quite
>>>>>>> remembered all about it. The ancient variety was actually made of
>>>>>>> metal in China. The nearest equivalent is Mongolian. All these
>>>>>>> instruments have a resonating soundbox, are spike fiddles, are bowed
>>>>>>> in the same unique way, and, importantly for people who used to live
>>>>>>> on a steppe, have horse heads. Here is the Tuva version:
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>>>>>>> http://www.alashensemble.com/instruments_byzaanchy.htm
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>>>>>> Is he fingering that thing from behind the 'string'?
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>>>>> No.
>>>>> Its called *nulling*, effectively making the string shorter and
>>>>> therefore raising the tone.
>>>>> Guitarists do it all the time with both hands, and all fingers.
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>>>> IOW, "yes".
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>>> Fingering requires the use of the *pad* of the finger.
>>> Nulling uses the pad, sides and back of the fingers, the palm of the
>>> hands, etc.
>>> There are also distinctive sounds from each technique as well with
>>> fingering being a *brighter* sound because of the direct nature.
>>> The guy in the pic was using the back of his finger, thus producing a
>>> nulled sound to the played string.
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>> So you also play the gusla. Who knew? You might want to take a closer
>> look at that "string" and that neck. I'd love to hear an example of an
>> even relatively 'bright' sounding gusla.
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> If the players does not use the pad of the finger to contact the string
> the resulting sound will be nulled, or dulled.
Your breadth of expertise is astonishing.
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