Post by Dick Glasgow on Aug 6, 2007 21:12:39 GMT 1
The Monochord
Was this the first step towards the Mountain Dulcimer?
Was this the first step towards the Mountain Dulcimer?
A monochord is an ancient musical and scientific laboratory instrument.
It was used by Pythagoras about 550 BC.
The word "monochord" comes from the Greek and means literally "one string." In the monochord, a single string is stretched over a sound box.
The string is fixed at both ends while a moveable bridge alters pitch.
Monochord – Wikipedia
It was used by Pythagoras about 550 BC.
The word "monochord" comes from the Greek and means literally "one string." In the monochord, a single string is stretched over a sound box.
The string is fixed at both ends while a moveable bridge alters pitch.
Monochord – WikipediaAn ancient instrument used for performing and teaching as well as tuning and experimentation.
The monochord is said to have been invented by Pythagoras.
It consists of a single string stretched between two fixed bridges.
A third, movable bridge is placed between the two fixed bridges which can adjust the length of the vibrating string, thus changing the pitch produced by plucking the string.
Monochord
The monochord is said to have been invented by Pythagoras.
It consists of a single string stretched between two fixed bridges.
A third, movable bridge is placed between the two fixed bridges which can adjust the length of the vibrating string, thus changing the pitch produced by plucking the string.
MonochordThe monochord consisted of a single string stretched over a sound box, with the strings held taut by pegs or weights on either end.
It used a moveable bridge to change pitch, and was usually plucked.
A later instrument of the same principle was played with a bow, called the "trumpet marine" (Adkins, New Grove).
It was used as an instrument as early 300 BC by Euclid (Ripin, New Grove), and as a scientific instrument by Pythagoras as early as the 6th century BC
No one knows when it first appeared, as its origins extend into prehistory.
Brief History of the Monochord by Jeff Cottrell
It used a moveable bridge to change pitch, and was usually plucked.
A later instrument of the same principle was played with a bow, called the "trumpet marine" (Adkins, New Grove).
It was used as an instrument as early 300 BC by Euclid (Ripin, New Grove), and as a scientific instrument by Pythagoras as early as the 6th century BC
No one knows when it first appeared, as its origins extend into prehistory.
Brief History of the Monochord by Jeff CottrellThe monochord has been created in Sweden in 1829 for accompaniment of spiritual singing.
Probably through the Lutheran parochial schools, monochord has got to the Latvian peasants, and they have begun to play on it, to make it and to improve it (the same instrument, but with two strings has been developed).
Monochord consists of a long, rectangular body, stuck or hammered together from wooden plates. In the upper plate the sound holes are cut and a stepped rod (neck) is attached, on which a string (or two) is put.
A horsehair or bow is used to play the monochord.
The height of sounding is changed, pressing the string to the neck.
Monochord
Probably through the Lutheran parochial schools, monochord has got to the Latvian peasants, and they have begun to play on it, to make it and to improve it (the same instrument, but with two strings has been developed).
Monochord consists of a long, rectangular body, stuck or hammered together from wooden plates. In the upper plate the sound holes are cut and a stepped rod (neck) is attached, on which a string (or two) is put.
A horsehair or bow is used to play the monochord.
The height of sounding is changed, pressing the string to the neck.
Monochord