What's your favorite "ethnic" music instrument?

ZombieNixon

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Sat Dec-25-04 04:55 PM
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Poll question: What's your favorite "ethnic" music instrument?

I know "ethnic" isn't a good qualifier, since bagpipes and the like are pretty well known worldwide, but I couldn't come up with a better way to describe and instrument with a certain sound that always brings stereotypes to mind.

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ayeshahaqqiqa

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Sat Dec-25-04 04:58 PM
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1. dumbec

and tar, two types of drums my husband plays for the Dances of Universal Peace.

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flamingyouth

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Sat Dec-25-04 04:59 PM
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2. Harmonium

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ET Awful

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Sat Dec-25-04 05:03 PM
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3. Djembe

Edited on Sat Dec-25-04 05:06 PM by ET Awful

Since I used to make, import and sell them, and love the expressive sound :)

The Djembe is THE drum of the Mandang or Mandingo peoples of West Africa. It's the primary drum used for most ritual ceremonies from harvest to birth, etc.

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jdots

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Sat Dec-25-04 05:06 PM
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4. Manzelo & Stitch

2 things Roland Kirk would play sometimes.
I like Pan Pipes but since they put that patch on most synths you hear them everytime a movie of t.v. show has a flash of Central or South America,kinda annoying like in the 60s when they showed hippys the sitar music started.

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Longgrain

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Sat Dec-25-04 05:08 PM
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5. Balalaika

cause one of my favorite movies is Doctor Zhivago.

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LeighAnn

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Sat Dec-25-04 05:10 PM
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6. Tamburitza

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Commie Pinko Dirtbag

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Sat Dec-25-04 05:14 PM
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7. Cuica

http://www.drumdojo.com/world/brasil/cuica.htm

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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf

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Sat Dec-25-04 05:14 PM
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8. Any guitar...

In the hands of a Black Blues Player. ;-)

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Magrittes Pipe

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Sat Dec-25-04 05:15 PM
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9. Jug.

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Xipe Totec

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Sat Dec-25-04 05:23 PM
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10. Redoba

Ajua, Raza!

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Karenina

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Sat Dec-25-04 05:25 PM
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11. Kazoo!!!

:evilgrin:

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Mr.Green93

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Sat Dec-25-04 05:28 PM
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12. banjo

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cestpaspossible

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Sat Dec-25-04 05:51 PM
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13. Koto

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proud2BlibKansan

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Sat Dec-25-04 05:53 PM
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14. Mandolin

and that metal over the shoulder washboard looking thing the guys who play Zydeco wear.

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MissBrooks

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Sat Dec-25-04 05:53 PM
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15. Acordian?

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Deja Q

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Sat Dec-25-04 05:59 PM
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16. Yamaha SY2

I'm assuming anything humankind assembles into a device that plays a soulful noise counts? (it's a matter of turning the noise into music.)

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sakabatou

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Sat Dec-25-04 06:39 PM
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17. I think its an electric violin

Sure it might not be ethnic, but it can make (I think) very intersting sound.

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BensMom

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Sat Dec-25-04 06:57 PM
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18. Ocarina

Edited on Sat Dec-25-04 07:45 PM by BensMom

The 15 year old princess of the house was gifted with an Ocarina.
This kept her attention for about a minute. We'll see the real reaction in a day or two.

But I think it is the "take me along - coolest thing."

http://www.clayz.com/songlist.html

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SmokingJacket

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Sat Dec-25-04 07:14 PM
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19. Congas played well...

give me deep, shuddering pleasure.

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