Scan 153
The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1908
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1ELEKE — Sonorous Substances. Africa. A zanze of the Mpongwe Tribe, Gaboon, French Kongo. See zanze.
2EL OUD — Arabian name for the lute.
3ENGLISH GUITAR — See cither.
4E'OUĐ — Plucked Strings. Syria. A lute played with a plectrum. It has twelve strings, four being of wire and eight of gut. See lute.
5E'RAQYEH — Double-Beating Reed. Africa. Found in Egypt, and consisting of a cylindrical tube of wood, with a small air chamber situated just beneath the mouthpiece.
6ERH-H'SIEN or Hu-Hu — Bowed Strings. China. A two-stringed violin, in principle identical with the hu-ch'in, but it never has more than two strings. It varies in construction, being sometimes a hollow bamboo tube, in which case it is called hu-hu, and sometimes half of a cocoanut shell, when it is called t'i-ch'in. It is popular all over China, the poorer classes being exceptionally fond of it.
7ESRAR — Bowed Strings. India. The body of wood is rounded at the base, the sides curve in toward the center, and the belly is of skin. The neck is broad and flat, and is furnished with several metal frets. This instrument is well provided with strings, sometimes having fifteen.
8E'SUZU — See waniguchi.
9EUPHONIUM — Cup Mouthpiece. Europe. The smallest of the tubas in B flat, having a compass from B² flat to F. Wagner in his scores calls for numerous sizes of tubas, but ordinarily the euphonium is found in bands, and in military music. See tuba.
10FAGGEISHAH — Sonorous Substances. Syria. Castanets. Several metal discs attached to a string to be shaken.
11FAGOTT, FAGOTTO — See bassoon.
12FAGOTTINO — Double-Beating Reed. Europe. The Italian name for a small bassoon having a compass of only an octave. Its pitch is a fifth higher than that of the ordinary bassoon. See bassoon.
13FAGOTTO — Double-Beating Reed. The Italian name for bassoon, suggested by the resemblance in its bent form
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