> And so I created a whole load of music- and musical
> instrument-related vocab.
>
> Here it is:
>
> Pronunciation note:
> Most letters are pretty self-evident; however: |x| =
> /S/, |w| = /gw/, |c| = /ts/, |ll| = /j/ between
> vowels, /L/ otherwise, |gn| (|ng| word-terminally) =
> /J/, |ą| = /&/, |ł| = /y/ or /Y/, |e| = /@/
> terminally. |g| is always /g/, never /dZ/, and |h| is
> silent except between vowels.
>
> * denotes pre-existing words.
>
> Name: Description:
>
> Brass family:
> + błzene (f) like an elongated trumpet
> + bazandaron (m) like one of those Roman war-horns
> that encircle the shoulder, with a trombone slider
> + dągenet (m) brass instrument shaped a bit like an
> oboe. Probably sounds a bit weird
> + cignąn (f) "swan horn"; swan-necked trumpet looking
> a bit like a saxophone
>
> Wind family:
> + sirinąxe (f) double-piped flute shaped like an
> inverted V
> + surna (m) traverse flute (usu. with a flared bell)
> + raskarre (f) recorder; piccolo. Comes in various
> pitch ranges
> + halbus (m) treble oboe
> + yuvur to play a wind or brass instrument*
>
> String family:
> + xąkąm (f) like a zither. Has 21 strings grouped in
> threes
> + orfai (m) the bastard offspring of a lyre and a
> harp! :-)
> + xertere (f) 10-stringed handheld zither
> + luta (m) lute
> + asluta (m) archlute; tenor lute
> + tuorba (m) theorbo; bass lute
> + mandolon (m) mandolin
> + sestrem (f) miniature lute
> + dimireh (f) 2-stringed flat-bodied guitar-like
> instrument
> + qitąre (f) globe-bodied lute-like instrument with 4
> strings and a long neck
> + xerrłr to strum; to pluck strings; to play a
> stringed instrument
>
> Bow family:
> + viell (f) 6-stringed dwarf violin with an oblong
> body
> + rabah (f) 3-stringed fretted violin with a squarish
> or boat-shaped body
> + rabakora (f) rabah-of-the-body; rabah enlarged to
> the size of a small cello
> + rabakora abase (f) low rabakora; in the bass range
> + gamang (m) 5-stringed large violin or viola
> + gamang abas (m) low gamang; in the baritone range
> + atur to play a bowed instrument (usually means "to
> shoot" [editorial: I like the idea of "shooting the
> violin"!])
>
> Percussion family:
> + dawum (m) fairly generic cylindrical drum
> + dambul (m) large tambourine-like drum with jingles,
> played by men
> + temerill (f) like a dambul but smaller & played by
> women
> + sataq (m) in our world, goes by the name of
> "mendoza", "zob stick" or "monkey stick"
> + degelen (m) Middle Eastern-type goblet drum
> + xang (m) cymbal; gong
> + kąrill (f) bell*
> + kąrillątes (f.pl) small bells or jingles (eg on a
> tambourine)
> + barbaur to drum; to play a percussion instrument
> + sonnur to ring*
>
> Other musical words:
> + billłr to dance*
> + billąr[e] (m[f]) dancer
> + karolur to dance around in a circle*
> + xansur to sing*
> + xansar[e] (m[f]) singer*
> + xant (m) song*
> + jir (m) chant*
> + orxatre (f) orchestra*
> + semiląs (m) band; ensemble (esp. folk or popular
> music)
> + sonkulanc (m) rhythm; beat
> + baillands (m.pl) belled ribbons worn by certain folk
> dancers at wrists and ankles
> + deitesse harmony*
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Geoff
>
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