Scan 163
The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1908
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1of the bass in C, tenor in F, alto in A, and treble in C. The bass in C is provided with a tube bent properly to bring the notes within reach of the player. Its range is two octaves. Only three holes can be made use of because of one hand being occupied with the drum. Chirula is another name. The English name is merely pipe.
3GEIGE — Bowed Strings. Europe. An uncomplimentary name given by the Germans to the violin.
5GEKKIN — Plucked Strings. Japan. A Chinese instrument much used in Japan. Its strings are tuned in pairs. It is called the moon guitar, owing to its circular body, which is over a foot in diameter. It has a short neck, and silken strings.
7GEKKO — Vibrating Membranes. Japan. A circular shell of wood to which are riveted heads of skin. The fact that it is flat and circular has gained it the name of moon drum.
9GELE-MASHA — Sonorous Substances. Turkey. Clappers consisting of narrow strips of metal bent together at the center like a pair of tongs, with prongs at either end which are filled with metal discs.
11GENKWAN or SCHIGUENE — Plucked Strings. Japan. An instrument with an octagonal body and a slender neck, provided with twelve frets. The four strings are plucked with a plectrum. This is doubtless a development of the gekkin, in which the circular body is changed to the octagonal one. See gekkin.
13GHETEH — Single-Beating Reed. Africa. An Egyptian contrivance consisting of a tube of bamboo terminating in a metal bell, and fitted with a mouthpiece containing a single-beating reed.
15GHUTRU — Vibrating Membranes. India. The shell of this drum is shaped like a goblet. The head is of skin.
17GINDAI — Plucked Strings. Japan. A kin of thirteen strings. The name is probably derived from the words meaning larger kin. See kin.
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