Message-ID: <alpine.NEB.2.00.1205080213240.16131@panix3.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: Very old sarangi instrument
Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 02:15:04 -0400 (EDT)
Very old sarangi instrument http://www.alansondheim.org/oldsarangi1.mp3 bowed http://www.alansondheim.org/oldsarangi2.mp3 plucked http://www.alansondheim.org/oldsarangidroned.mp3 droned traded for this today, I think probably mid-late 19th-century. the skin is thick, the sympathetic strings difficult to tune. in the process of restoration and setting up. the first piece is learning a different bowing/fingering technique. the second piece is plucking the strings. the third piece is droning the instrument. the first piece is rough to say the least. the second piece is rag-tag sprightly. the third piece is successful and almost song. the first piece is playing harmonics and SA MA sa. the second piece is roaming around the strings and body. the third piece is full reverberation. the first piece is partial reverberation. the second piece is partial reverberation. the third piece is full double early reflections. the first piece is successful ten percent. the second piece is successful forty percent. the third piece is successful one hundred percent. the first piece is waking up. the second piece is afternoon. the third piece is nighttime and now good night.