POLYPHONIC SYMPHONIA

POLYPHONIC SYMPHONIA

31 August 2019 | Published in Blog. Read 233 times.

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POLYPHONIC SYMPHONIA

 

The idea of a polyphonic keyboard on wheel instruments derives from my studies about 12th century Organistrum.

 ( https://www.liuteriaseverini.it/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=42:inquiry-into-a-troubling-problem-of-interpretation-analysis-of-possible-solutions&Itemid=1014

This same model is suitable for the small wheel  instruments  depicted in XIII and XIV paintings and sculptures.

The three strings are tuned to the same pitch (C),  eight tangents being distributed among them: two on the first string, three on the middle one and  three on the third.

Thus it is possible to play  not only a melody  accompanied by  drones, but  some double stops (fourths and thirds) too.

 

I introduce you SONYA, the polyphonic symphonia.

 

 

 

 

 

Diapason: cm. 43