The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #11513 Message #2883228
Posted By: Jack Campin
09-Apr-10 - 06:52 PM
Thread Name: What instruments do catters play?
Subject: RE: What instruments do catters play?
Winds: - recorders (lots of them in different sizes, pitches and designs) - Italian-type ocarinas - whistles (most often the Hungarian double whistle) - Moldavian kaval (for a very small repertoire) - clarinets (mainly the Turkish low G) - flutes (Boehm, 8-key, Boehm alto, marching fife) - electronic bagpipes - C melody sax (a bit) - Armenian duduk/Azeri balaban (a bit)
Percussion: - washboard (making a sound like a Scottish danceband drummer) - guiro - Middle Eastern drums (a bit): Kurdish daf, darbuka, davul - gongs (for more or less theatrical effects)
Strings: - oud - cumbus - cobza/koboz (a bit) - Black Sea fiddle (a bit) - autoharp (not out of the house yet) - Afghan robab (just starting)
Keyboard: - stylophone (which I play with the stylus between my toes as a drone for a wind instrument)