Re: koboz

[Seth Austen <seth...>]

on 1/12/01 10:48 PM, Owen Davidson at owend (at) tp(dot)net wrote:

> I'm also intrigued by this instrument.  From pictues I have seen I detect that
> it is a short-necked lute, similar in many respects to the oud, but smaller
> and
> more circumspect in its range.
>
> I have also heard, and this is by far more interesting, a style of
> accompaniment
> to song (thanks to Pete Rushefsky for the tape) in which the strumming of the
> cobza imitates cimbalom patterns.  This is awesome to hear.  In places, the
> strums change their pattern, and so their rhythm, as the chord changes.  I
> found
> myself trying to imagine the tuning and the finger-placements involved.
> 
> Okay, so don't invite me to no parties.  I know I freak out the guests.  I'll
> wait in the hall.

I listen to recordings tring to imagine tunings and finger placements also.
You are welcome to our parties, we will all wait in the hallway together.

Seth
  
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