Medieval Instrument - Listening

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Bass Crumhorn - double reed on the inside of the instrument
Cornamuse
The Dulcian - like a bassoon, literally "sweet". Can play softly or loudly, very versitile
Sacbut
Dulcimer - Strings across a hollow box, played with mallets. great for accompanying
Gamba - "viol da gamba" looks a lot like a cello. 6 strings. played with bow, fretted.
Gemshorn - made out of horn, flutelike.
Hurdy-Gurdy - you turn a wheel that turns to vibrate the strings, with reeds that pop up and act as stops. Also called an organ grinder. Has drone strings that play constantly.
Kortholt - "short wood" - double bore instrument. Also double reed. Suprisingly low pitch for its size
Zink - buzzing of the lips. aka "cornett"
Lizard - it's a lower zink. "tenor cornett", conical bore.
Serpent - "bass cornett"
Lute - tons and tons of lute music, more than piano.
Mute Cornett - conical. very soft sound. played with recorders, lutes, and viols because it was soft
Organetto - a small organ
Rauschpfeife - another loud reed-cap instrument
Psaltery - a plucked instrument. like the lyre, much like ancient instruments
Rebec - predecessor of the violin family. fretless


***FIRST LISTENING***
"A l'entrada del tens clar"
There is a lower voice and a higher voice. This sounds, because of its lilt, like an Italian piece. "eya" as a response at the lines to affirm the grace of this young girl. It is a lively, festive piece; very secular, due to its earthly pleasures in content.
We also listened to a darker, more rhythmic version.

***SECOND LISTENING***
"Reis Glorios"
Starts with a buzzing instrument, and a double reed, with a string drone. Perhaps a lizard or serpent is present, for the lower buzzed instrument. A high soprano enters. It sounds quite minor for "Glorious King," in my opinion. Ah, perhaps it is "...soon I fear the jealous one will attack you."

***THIRD LISTENING***
"Comtessa de Dia: A Chantar"
I believe we listened to this in lecture on Wednesday. It is about unrequited love. Obviously, this piece is secular, as a female is singing, and it is about human love. I hear a light and thin plucking string, as well as a bowed string to accompany.