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World
Musical Instrument Collection
The Ethnomusicology / World Music program at
The Florida State University is the home to a large collection
of musical instruments, including multiples of the following
(categorized by country):
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Brazil -- berimbau, cavaquinho, surdo,
pandeiro, cuica, tamborim, gansa, reco-reco, agogo,
etc.
- China
-- erh-hu, pi-pa, luan, chin, cheng, yang-chin, sheng,
ti-tsu, hsiao, hsun, sona, and others
- Cuba
/ Puerto Rico -- congas, timbales, and more
- Dominican
Republic -- marimba, tambora
- Ethiopia
-- begena, krar, masinko, and others
- Ghana
-- atumpan, dzil, gonje, wiik; Akan drums, bells,
rattles, and others
- Guatemala
-- marimba
- India
-- sitar, tabla
- Indonesia
(Bali) -- gamelan gong kebyar, gamelan baleganjur
- Japan
-- koto, shakuhachi, shamisen, biwa, oh-tsuzumi, taiko,
sho, hichiriki, ryuteki, and others
- Korea
-- kayagum, ajeng, many idiophones and membranophones
- Lebanon
-- 'ud
- Mexico
-- guitarrón, vihuela, jarana, requinto, harp
- Perú
-- harp, bombo, charango, kena, pinkillo, siku, tarka,
tinya, waka pukru, cajón, and others
- Syria
-- darabouka, 'ud
- Trinidad
-- steel drums
- United
States Native American -- instruments on
loan from the FSU Anthropology Collection, including
rattles, water drum, etc.
- Venezuela
-- bandola, cuatro, harp, maracas
- Venezuelan
Native American
-- Warao instruments on loan from the Dale A. Olsen
Collection
The Collection includes many more instruments, and it
continues to grow. This collection is not merely for
museum or preservation purposes: the majority of the
instruments are used daily in the World
Music Ensembles in the School of Music of The Florida
State University. |
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