[decimon]

Change of tune pine.

[prisoner6]

Bumping for later.

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[SunkenCiv]

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[SamiGirl]

Very interesting.

Thanks for the post.

[AnAmericanMother]

I like early music as much as the next guy -- in fact I play a lot of it. I play the harpsichord and my husband plays the lute.

But there's a reason most of these instruments passed out of use . . . .

. . . they don't work very well. Most of them are difficult to play and take real dedication.

Some of them are interesting and make pretty noises. Some of them just sound . . . odd.

Here are some sackbuts in action - with a 'muffled drum' - if you ever wondered what that is.

Purcell's March - Funeral Sentences

(these are the ancestor of the trombone).

(the reconstruction of the Scarlatti G Major Sonata (NOT D minor - it's L. 388 and one I play myself) is played WAY too fast - some of Scarlatti's sonatas have the direction 'prestissimo' ('fastest') or even 'as fast as possible', but this isn't one of them). And the epigonion, whatever it is, sounds like a large harpsichord with bad dampers, more or less.

[Joe 6-pack]

Interesting...IIRC, Chip Davis of Mannheim Steamroller fame dabbled in resurrecting some ancient instruments from depictions on urns and other classical depictions. Vocally, two groups that have done some incredible modern interpretations of ancient music are Dead Can Dance and Medieval Babes...both of which are well worth looking into if this type of thing is of interest to you.

[central_va]

[Sockdologer]

This is absolutely awesome.

[MHGinTN]

One of Yanni’s concerts featured the dukduk. The guy playing it is a specialist in ancient wind instruments, and he was magnificent!