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Ģīga
The ģīga or divstÄ«dzis is a two-stringed bowed zither found in Latvia. The instrument is descended from the psalmodicon ( lv, vienstÄ«dzis or ''manihorka''), a bowed monochord developed in Sweden in 1829 for liturgical singing. From there it filtered down to the Latvian peasantry who sometimes added a second string for harmony.Folklora.lv See also *Giga, a type of bowed lyre *Fiðla The ''Icelandic fiddle'' (Icelandic: fiðla ˆfɪðla is a traditional Icelandic instrument that can be described as a box with two brass strings which is played with a bow. The strings stretch across one end of the box to the other where they ..., a bowed zither native to Iceland SourcesFolklora.lv References Latvian musical instruments Bowed box zithers {{zither-instrument-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giga (instrument)
The giga was a type of bowed lyre, it was very popular especially in Norway, but also common to find in England, Iceland and Denmark.Otto Emanuel Andersson. ''The bowed-harp: a study in the history of early musical instruments''. AMS Press, 1973. , . Pg 25/ref> It is considered to be extinct; however there are some interesting reconstruction projects. The name does not originate from Latin, but rather derives from an old Viking word that meaning for "to vibrate", "to move in a fast way": this term is also the origin for the name of the dance called Jig that is very common in Northern Europe, especially in the British isles. Sources *Otto Emanuel Andersson. ''The Shetland Gue, the Welsh Crwth, and the Northern Bowed Harp''. Offprint from the ''Budkavlen'' 1954, nos. 1–4. Åbo: s.n., 195 See also *Ģīga The ģīga or divstīdzis is a two-stringed bowed zither found in Latvia. The instrument is descended from the psalmodicon ( lv, vienstīdzis or ''manihorka''), a bowed monoch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
