Re: Musical terms (Was: Playing the banjo (Was: Latin help))

> >caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>
> >
> > Does anyone want to share his or her conlang words
> > for musical  instruments and other musical terms?  I'm always
> > looking to enrich the Senjecan vocabulary.
>
More than I realized in Kash--

e rinda ya haniyu kaçili 'music is the soul of the people'

rinda music
kerinda musician
cindarinda the musical scale (< çindar 'climb'+...)
rinju(ra) to sing (of adults)
andrinju(ra) song
lali to sing (of children, and the cries of "birds") perhaps ~ 'piping'
rinjaros a "morning song" expressing hope, anticipation of good things to
come
rinjoret an "evening song" expressing sadness, disappointment, regret over
things not done
rinjumuñ to chant
tam, tum, tom onomat. for drumming
tatam musical beat, rhythm
tandam; mundum to play a drum
tatandam a drum-roll
emundum a drum
andambro a march (tambro to march, lit. beat+two)
matange k.o. xylophone
tranji wooden mallet for playing same; also, drumsticks
pom onomat. for gongs
ambom a gong
pombom to play a gong
trambom padded mallet for same
fuwi to blow
epuwi a flute (recorder type)
fakus  a Lañ-lañ flute, made from an arm or shin bone
epukiman k.o. panpipes (ethnic)
pipoñ k.o. flute (recorder) (Gwr, ethnic)
calin single-reed "clarinet", various sizes
vembom double-reed, various sizes
congo reed
keper k.o. viol (no doubt, various sizes)
tasutan k.o. lute
colos strings (also 'tendon')
patone k.o. accordion/concertina (my corruption of "bandoneón" of tango
fame)
apul harp
apuñanga "wind-harp", wind-chimes
apundepet k.o. harpsichord (strings are plucked)
tepet to strum, etepet plectrum
tañ, tiñ onomat. large/small bell resp.
andañ, etiñ large/small bell resp.
rungono to tune (< kono to agree)
mangos the human (i.e. Kash) voice
--vangur ~basso profundo
--vangaci ~bass/baritone (most common)
--(ka)taren ~low tenor (male); contralto (fem.) (means "leader")
--(ka)tarenji ~higher contralto (most common fem.)
--vinda ~alto (fem.)
--vindalat ~mezzo (fem)
(due to structural/anatomical differences, adults do not have higher voices;
Pavarotti and Schwarzkopf would amaze them)
mepangos to perform music; to act a musical part
munupangos counterpoint (< munuk 'compete, oppose')
tarandará a trumpet/brass fanfare-- but no words yet for the brass
instruments!!

(and still more in the to-do, and the not-yet-approved lists)