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The Apache fiddle ( Apache: tsii' edo'a'tl, "wood that sings") is a bowed string instrument used by the indigenous Apache people of the southwestern United States. The instrument consists of a plant stalk, such as that of the 1989 NEA National Heritage Fellow: Chesley Goseyun Wilson
, National Endowment for the Arts (USA)
Native American Stringed Musical Instruments
' by Daniel Brinton. in ''The American antiquarian and oriental journal'' By Stephen Denison Peet Jameson & Morse, 1897 v. 19, pg 20.
Jon Rose Web, 2005
A maker of Apache fiddles describing the process
{{American Indian musical instruments American Indian musical instruments Bowed string instruments Apache culture Continuous pitch instruments Indigenous American fiddles
The Apache fiddle ( Apache: tsii' edo'a'tl, "wood that sings") is a bowed string instrument used by the indigenous Apache people of the southwestern United States. The instrument consists of a plant stalk, such as that of the agave
''Agave'' (; ; ) is a genus of monocots native to the arid regions of the Americas. The genus is primarily known for its succulent and xerophytic species that typically form large Rosette (botany), rosettes of strong, fleshy leaves.
Many plan ...
or mescal plant. One or sometimes two strings, often made of horse hair, are secured at both ends of the stalk, a bridge and nut added, and the string is played with a bow resined with pine pitch. The string is touched with the fingers to change its note. The Smithsonian Institution
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holds an Apache fiddle collected in 1875. In 1989 Apache fiddle maker Chesley Goseyun Wilson of Tucson, Arizona
Tucson (; ; ) is a city in Pima County, Arizona, United States, and its county seat. It is the second-most populous city in Arizona, behind Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, with a population of 542,630 in the 2020 United States census. The Tucson ...
won a National Heritage Award., National Endowment for the Arts (USA)
See also
*Cornstalk fiddle
The cornstalk fiddle is a toy, and a type of bowed string instrument played historically in North America. The instrument consists of a Maize, cornstalk, with slits cut into the shaft to allow one or more fibrous sections to separate from the main ...
References
Sources
*Native American Stringed Musical Instruments
' by Daniel Brinton. in ''The American antiquarian and oriental journal'' By Stephen Denison Peet Jameson & Morse, 1897 v. 19, pg 20.
Jon Rose Web, 2005
External links
A maker of Apache fiddles describing the process
{{American Indian musical instruments American Indian musical instruments Bowed string instruments Apache culture Continuous pitch instruments Indigenous American fiddles