Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.64.0902110022090.19353@panix3.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: Hasapi solos
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:22:39 -0500 (EST)
Hasapi solos thanks to Steve Tobin, the Sumatran instrument was identified as a Batak hasapi. An online source described the instrument as the only one with a variable resonating cavity (the jaw-harp and vocal cords are similar in this regard): The hasapi is played with the opening (on the back) against the body, and by moving the instrument in and out, the resonating chamber couples with the player. You can hear this on the recordings. I play with- out a pick (it's difficult for me). http://www.alansondheim.org/hasapi0.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/hasapi1.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/hasapi2.mp3