Post by Bandura on Jan 21, 2006 16:34:41 GMT -5
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Kobzari are folk professional minstrels unique to Ukraine. One thing that makes them special is the musical instrument which they play. This instrument is called a bandura and it developed out of the kobza, from which kobzari take their name. The kobza was a plucked and strummed symmetrical instrument similar to other European and Eastern lutes. Additional strings were gradually added to one side of this instrument so that it became more and more asymmetrical. At the time of the famous kobzar Veresai, the bandura had twelve strings; as it exists now, the bandura has more than 60 strings and is held and played more like a harp than like the kobza, other lutes, or earlier versions of the bandura.
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Kobzari are folk professional minstrels unique to Ukraine. One thing that makes them special is the musical instrument which they play. This instrument is called a bandura and it developed out of the kobza, from which kobzari take their name. The kobza was a plucked and strummed symmetrical instrument similar to other European and Eastern lutes. Additional strings were gradually added to one side of this instrument so that it became more and more asymmetrical. At the time of the famous kobzar Veresai, the bandura had twelve strings; as it exists now, the bandura has more than 60 strings and is held and played more like a harp than like the kobza, other lutes, or earlier versions of the bandura.
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