{"id":37,"date":"2017-11-02T14:39:25","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T14:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2018-11-18T14:14:29","modified_gmt":"2018-11-18T12:14:29","slug":"saviskambiai","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.ltinstrumentai.lt\/en\/instrumentai\/saviskambiai\/","title":{"rendered":"Idiophones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Idiophones \u2013 Lithuanian folk musical instruments that create sound primarily by the instrument as a whole or by its part vibrating. Often they were used not only for playing music, but for a few other everyday life purposes. For example, idiophones served as signal among herdsmen or hunters, as well as could be used during different rituals. This group of instruments includes <em>skrabalai<\/em>, <em>tabalai,<\/em> <em>d\u017eingulis<\/em>, <em>kleketas<\/em>, <em>terk\u0161l\u0117<\/em>,<em> dambrelis <\/em>(Jew\u2019s harp) etc.<\/p>\n<h2>Skrabalas<\/h2>\n<p><em>Skrabalas<\/em> is a traditional bell-like Lithuanian instrument made out of wood or metal. Herdsmen put those little instruments around the necks of cattle so in case they wander away they would be easy to find. <em>Skrabalai<\/em> were used to play music as well. For example, in the region of Lithuania called Dz\u016bkija these instruments were played in choirs to diversify the sound and maintain the rhythm.<\/p>\n<h2>Tabalas<\/h2>\n<p>Ethnographic sources brought to our attention that <em>tabalai<\/em> otherwise called <em>lentos<\/em> (planks) were hung on the edge of a village in an anteroom ar obelyje. Villagers would beat <em>tabalai <\/em>to inform others of someone\u2019s death, to invite to a gathering or other social event.<\/p>\n<h2>D\u017eingulis<\/h2>\n<p><em>D\u017eingulis<\/em> was a signaling wedding instrument made of triple wood branch.<\/p>\n<h2>Kleketas<\/h2>\n<p><em>Kleketas<\/em> was also a signaling instrument used in various rituals and believed to draw away evil unnatural spirits. After its religious meaning slowly faded away, <em>kleketas<\/em> became a rhythmic instrument, bringing its unique tone to a group ensemble.<\/p>\n<h2>Terk\u0161l\u0117<\/h2>\n<p>Another rattling signaling instrument used during Maundy Thursday, Lithuanian analogue of Mardi Gras etc. <em>Terk\u0161l\u0117<\/em> was also used to herd cattle or chase away the birds. In group musical performances it was used as a rhythmic instrument with a distinct tone.<\/p>\n<h2>Dambrelis (Jew\u2018s harp)<\/h2>\n<p>Played both as a solo instrument and in the ensemble dambreliai in Lithuania were mostly made of metal, sometimes \u2013 from wood. The sound is produced by placing the harp into musician\u2019s mouth, pressing it against the teeth and plucking the metal tongue of an instrument.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"notes-downloader\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ltinstrumentai.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dambrelis_bandurelis.pdf\">Download notes for Jew&#8217;s harp<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Idiophones \u2013 Lithuanian folk musical instruments that create sound primarily by the instrument as a whole or by its part vibrating. Often they were used not only for playing music, but for a few other everyday life purposes. For example, idiophones served as signal among herdsmen or hunters, as well as could be used during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ltinstrumentai.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ltinstrumentai.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ltinstrumentai.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ltinstrumentai.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ltinstrumentai.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.ltinstrumentai.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170,"href":"http:\/\/www.ltinstrumentai.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions\/170"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ltinstrumentai.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ltinstrumentai.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}