5th+Grade+World+Music

Wow! We are so lucky!!! Thanks to the Down East Folk Arts Society and the [|Craven Arts Council] the Fifth Graders at Trent Park, J.T. Barber and Oaks Road will be having 5 classes in World Music from Simon Spaulding. Mr. Spaulding will come and visit each school 5 seperate times. Each time he visits he will bring with him examples and instruments from a certain section of the World. Mr. Spaulding is a local musician who has an extensive knowledge of World Music. Come back and visit often to see where we will visit!

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 * Oud**--(also spelled 'Ud) found all over the Middle East and North Africa... developed in Medieval Spain from the ancient Persian 4-stringed lute barbat. A short-necked fretless lute. Mine is an 11-stringed oud from Turkey... they are also found with 10, 12, and 13 strings, and are made and especially common in Turkey, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Morocco. Played with a long narrow plectrum made of wood, feather or (nowadays) plastic or nylon.

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 * Komuz**-- the national instrument of Kyrgyzstan... probable ancestor or cousin of the Russian balalaika. Three stringed plucked lute, no frets, played with the fingers.

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 * Kyl Kyiack**-- two stringed Kyrgyz fiddle... related to instruments found in Kazakhstan, Tuva, and Mongolia. According to legend, originally made entirely of horse body parts. The wooden body still has the shape of a small horse's skull, and the strings are made of bundles of horsehair.

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 * Kemane**-- four-stringed spike fiddle from Uzbekistan. Also found in Iran (where it is called (kemancheh) and Azerbaidjan.

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 * Cura saz**-- Turkish alto version of the saz family, having siz or seven strings but grouped to play as three strings. Plucked long-neck lute, usually played with a plectrum but with the index finger in some locales. Tied frets, including several microtonal notes. Very closely related to the Persian setar ("three strings").
 * Indian sitar**. A "fusion" instrument from Northern India, combining elements of the Persian setar with elements of the Indian vina. It has many additional strings, and is played with a wire plectrum (mizrap) worn on the index finger.