SDM56-nstrin20190111_03SMJ_Musical - About musical instruments

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About musical instruments; he talked about the flutes – one with 3 holes (lapa chu or pürü chu) and 7 holes (chu son); he also discussed 4 types of jaw harps. The ones without the string are played by men, the ones with string are played by women. The one played by the men has two types, one has a long striking piece and the other has a longer pointed striking piece. The one with string, one has one moving part, and the other had two moving parts. The general is name is lepu. We asked about the log drums and he said they don’t have it, but they do have gongs of different types. He mentioned three types, measured by the the hop ‘thumb to index finger’ and the largest one was 10 hop, the middle one 5 or 6 hop and the small one was 2. With that he explained how it was played. The largest one starts and then the smallest one follows it and the middle one does the regular rhythm. (This was demonstrated later). And then the question was asked whether they have the split bamboo instrument like the Raqnu. They don’t use that but they have bamboo tube zither. It is described and named in the recording. Continued as nstrin20190111_04SMJ_Musical.mp4. Language as given: Rinkhu Tangsa