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Thread #119044 Message #2578423
Posted By: Artful Codger
01-Mar-09 - 06:38 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Breton music 'one-string instrument'?
Subject: RE: Origins: Breton music 'one-string instrument'?
I was listening to an album of music from Grenada (yes I know: far afield) which featured some tunes on the "cocoa-lute", a cross between a one string bow (pitched, presumably, like a musical saw) and a jaw harp (using the mouth as resonator). The liner notes said that some form of such instruments were found in most cultures.