Blog #4: Video/Demo and information on musical instruments from around the world!

Find here the links to videos of tests, demonstrations and improvisations of our instruments... but also information on the world of music and world music:

• 1/ Handmade rattle made of wood and skins with Kamele n'Goni - 14 strings - Mali
• 2/ Kamele n'Goni - 14 strings - Mali
• 3/ Hangpan 'Rav vast' Golden - Russia
  
• 4/ Indian Sitar - India
• 5/ Water drum / 50 centimeter water drum / Mali - Ghana
• 6/ Hluru 14-note tongue drum in C major - India
  
• 7/ Koshi 'Pro' Chimes - 4 chimes/ 4 elements

Interesting links concerning the musical world:

• Link to Wikipedia which lists all the instruments in the world !
• The music portal, everything you need to know!
• The tree of music!

- To know:

• - Do not confuse Sitar and Cythara...

• All possible names for the same instrument:

• Kalimba = Finger Piano = Thumb Piano = Mbira = Sanza
• Handpan = Tankdrum = Tonguedrum
• Talking drum = Tama = Talking drum
• African Drum = Twi = Hausa = Dagomba
• Water drum = water drum = qariya
• Shruti box = Surpeti
• Tibetan Cymbal = Tingsha = Ding-Sha's

-??? Quiz... Little questions?

The answers are located below the photos below!!!

• Question A: How many families of instruments are there outside of synthetic music?

• Question B:
• - "Which of the three existing instrument families does the jaw harp belong to?
  

1. Percussion?
2. Strings?
3. Wind/bellows?

Answer to question A: There are 3 families!

Answer to question B: The jaw harp is in family 1, percussion, but Gem and Zen classified it in 3 for a reason of...breath :)

Please send us your suggestions on anything, thank you!