Other instruments

Links mainly about other musical instruments (i.e. not citterns) etc. Currently consisting of:

  • Wind : Whistles, flutes, bagpipes, etc
  • Drum : bodhran, perhaps later others
  • Strings : guitar, and other picked or plucked contraptions
  • Violin : bowed string instruments
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    launch 4-string banjo
    launch A Guide to the Irish Flute
    launch Accordéon diatonique (accordeon diato, diatonic accordion, melodion, squeeze box, tablatures)
    launch Acoustics Records
    launch ANA: The American Nyckelharpa Association
    launch Ancestral Instruments - David Marshall - The website for EARLY ENGLISH BAGPIPES - bagpipe maker
    launch Andrew Kirk - Violin-Maker
    launch Bagpipe FAQ, Tuning and How To Play Along with Bagpipes
    launch Big Whistle Music
    launch Bob's Ukelin Homepage
    launch Bodhráns..The World Of Bodhráns,home of the celtic drum
    launch CADB. Diatonic Accordion Collective of Brittany
    launch Celtic Sun -Misc
    launch Chiff & Fipple: The PostStructural Tinwhistle Internet Experience
    launch Clips & Snips
    launch Galician Bagpipes
    launch How to Tell Mandolins, Citterns, Mandolas, Bouzoukis, etc. Apart
    launch Index to Mugwumps Online, Banjos, Mandolins, Guitars, Ads, Advertisements
    launch Jeff Lindqvist's Home Page
    launch John McGann's Custom Transcription Service/Technique Tips Plus…
    launch Penny Whistle Workshop
    launch Pete's Homemade Fiddle Page
    launch Radical Movement for Rebetiko Dechiotification and Bouzouki Detetrachordization
    launch new Renovata Cythara - The Renaissance Cittern Page
    launch Rhythm Bones Central
    launch Rob Greenway's Irish Flute Pages
    launch Roland Ferrandi's Official Website
    launch The Bodhran Page
    launch The Electric Mandolin Resource Page
    launch The Flute & Whistle Sound Sample Page
    launch The Tin Whistle Page
    launch The Universe of Bagpipes - a Nova Albion Research web site by Oliver Seeler
    launch The Whistle Shop
    launch Violin making by Hans Johannson
    launch Violin Strings
    launch Welcome
    launch Zistern


    4-string banjo http://4shelties.com/banjos/
    Nice site if you are interested in the 4-string banjo.
    Key: Strings | Author: Noel Induni | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 595 broken

    A Guide to the Irish Flute http://www.firescribble.net/flute/index.html
    About every aspect of the Irish Flute
    Key: Wind | Author: Brad Hurley | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 635 broken

    Accordéon diatonique (accordeon diato, diatonic accordion, melodion, squeeze box, tablatures) http://members.tripod.com/diato/
    Luthier who also plays the diatonic accordeon. On the site are many transcriptions of mainly Breton music, in MIDI, sheet music and ABC. He also sells books with transcriptions. The site contains the description of CADB: a universal tablature system for diatonic accordeon.
    Key: Brittany;ABC;MIDI;sheet;Wind | Author: Bernard Loffet | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 559 broken

    Acoustics Records http://www.acousticsrecords.co.uk/acatalog/Ac_Mandolin_Books___Videos_3.html
    Mandolin tutor books by Simon Mayor.
    Key: Shop;Strings | Author: ? | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 602 broken

    ANA: The American Nyckelharpa Association http://www.nyckelharpa.org/
    About the nyckelharpa: a keyed violin from Scandinavia. Everything you need to know. Includes written music.
    Key: Strings;sheet | Author: ? | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 185 broken

    Ancestral Instruments - David Marshall - The website for EARLY ENGLISH BAGPIPES - bagpipe maker http://www.ancestral.co.uk/
    Homepage of instrument maker and collector of early instruments, mainly bagpipes
    Key: Wind | Author: David Marshall | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 175 broken

    Andrew Kirk - Violin-Maker http://www.canadianviolins.com/
    Homepage of violin maker with guidelines for violin maintenance. New URL.
    Key: Violin | Author: Andrew Kirk | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 84 broken

    Bagpipe FAQ, Tuning and How To Play Along with Bagpipes http://www.pgonline.com/georgemusic/BagpipeFAQ.html
    Shop that sells bagpipes. Interesting info on how the pipes are tuned and how to play along with them. They also sell software for notation of bagpipe music. I could not find the FAQ from the main page, so I linked to the FAQ page.
    Key: Wind;shop | Author: George's Music | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 176 broken

    Big Whistle Music http://www.bigwhistle.co.uk/
    Really nice online shop specialising in Low Whistles, but a lot of other whistle-related articles can be found here, as well as bodhrans. The shop features the largest catalogue of tutor material I have ever seen. The design of the site is great, featuring a search engine for the type of whistle you are after. It is also the only site I know of that lets you type in your currency in advance so as to know the price of the articles before putting it in a shopping cart. I bought a Howard Low D starter pack here. I had a bit of a problem with the whistle, which at hindsight was probably caused by the carrier in my country. The shop owner proved a scholar and a gentleman. We had a pleasant exchange of emails, and I was more than compensated for my trouble. If you want to buy a whistle or a tutor for it, do stop by at this site! Big Whistle
    Key: Wind;Shop | Author: info-at-kaleidoweb.co.uk | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 631 broken

    Bob's Ukelin Homepage http://www.geocities.com/~ukelin/ukelin.html
    If you think you have seen everything, look here. With links to related info.
    Key: Strings | Author: ukelins at hotmail.com | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 578 broken

    Bodhráns..The World Of Bodhráns,home of the celtic drum http://www.bodhran.com/
    Homepage of the company Roundstone of bodhran maker Malachy Kearns
    Key: Drum;shop | Author: Roundstone Musical Instruments Ltd. | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 208 broken

    CADB. Diatonic Accordion Collective of Brittany http://www.cadb.org/
    Sheet music, some also in ABC or MIDI, with tabulature for diatonic accordeon. A lot of Breton music, but also other Celtic music. The French version has much more content.
    Key: Brittany;ABC;sheet;Wind | Author: bernard.loffet-at-wanadoo.fr | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 552 broken

    Celtic Sun -Misc http://www.hrprod.com/misc.html
    Instructions for playing the bones, by Alex de Set.
    Key: Drum | Author: Gipson Web Design | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 641 broken

    Chiff & Fipple: The PostStructural Tinwhistle Internet Experience http://www.chiffandfipple.com/
    Very good site with everything you ever want to know about tin whistls
    Key: Wind | Author: Dale Wisely and 3Fish Productions | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 189 broken

    Clips & Snips http://www.tinwhistletunes.com/clipssnip/index.htm
    Recordings of tunes on various tinwhistles. Great to learn, but also to find out which make of whistle tickles your fancy
    Key: MP3;Wind | Author: whistletunes-at-hotmail.com | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 612 broken

    Galician Bagpipes http://www.clip.dia.fi.upm.es/~boris/gaita/gaita.html
    About the gaita (Galician bagpipe), but also about Galician music. The MIDI files on his page seem to be unavailable, bt they came from his friend's archive: http://www.arrakis.es/~jpresedo/midi.htm
    Key: Wind;MIDI;Galicia | Author: Manuel Carro Liñares | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 596 broken

    How to Tell Mandolins, Citterns, Mandolas, Bouzoukis, etc. Apart http://www.ceolas.org/instruments/cittern.html
    This used to be on Dan's site, which has now dissapeared. Luckily I found this mirror of it.
    Key: Strings | Author: Dan Beimborn | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 490 broken

    Index to Mugwumps Online, Banjos, Mandolins, Guitars, Ads, Advertisements http://www.mugwumps.com/
    Nice site, emphasis is on banjo's, but lots of other stuff to be found here.
    Key: linkspage;Strings | Author: Michael I. Holmes | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 117 broken

    Jeff Lindqvist's Home Page http://www.fortunecity.com/bally/carlow/122/index.html
    The Irish Music section has a nice list of the instruments used in Irish traditional music, including the names spelled in Gaelic.
    Key: Strings | Author: Jeff Lindqvist | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 598 broken

    John McGann's Custom Transcription Service/Technique Tips Plus… http://www.johnmcgann.com/
    Some good theoretical as well as practical articles for players of string instruments
    Key: Bands;Strings | Author: John McGann | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 246 broken

    Penny Whistle Workshop http://www.whistleworkshop.co.uk/
    Very nice site, a tutor for the tinwhistle
    Key: Wind | Author: Peter Stocker and David Auty | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 611 broken

    Pete's Homemade Fiddle Page http://home.att.net/~PeteSchug/
    Pictures of violins under construction
    Key: Violin | Author: Pete Schug | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 157 broken

    Radical Movement for Rebetiko Dechiotification and Bouzouki Detetrachordization http://dechiotification.rebetiko.org/
    At first sight a hilarious story, but then: they may have a point.
    Key: Strings | Author: http://www.rebetiko.org/ | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 581 broken

    Renovata Cythara - The Renaissance Cittern Page http://www.cittern.theaterofmusic.com/
    About the other (and most authentic) incarnation of my pet instrument. New URL. New URL
    Key: Citternlist;strings | Author: Andrew Hartig | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 430 broken

    Rhythm Bones Central http://www.rhythmbones.com/ancient.html
    About the bones, as percussion instrument. http://www.rhythmbones.com/ancient.html is the thesis of Sue Barber, alas, minus the pictures.
    Key: Drum | Author: Martha Cowett | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 638 broken

    Rob Greenway's Irish Flute Pages http://www.geocities.com/feadanach/
    Nice Flute tutor page
    Key: Wind | Author: Rob Greenway | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 497 broken

    Roland Ferrandi's Official Website http://www.roland-ferrandi.com/
    Musician who has the Corsican cittern (called cetera) as a specialty. I had never heard of such a thing before. Roland is a very skillfull musician, and his site is well worth the visit.
    Key: Strings;Bands | Author: Roland Ferrandi | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 651 broken

    The Bodhran Page http://www.ceolas.org/instruments/bodhran/
    As the title says. I used to play one until it got lost while moving house. Would that have been an accident? :-)
    Key: Drum | Author: Josh Mittleman | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 129 broken

    The Electric Mandolin Resource Page http://www.emando.com/
    Linkspage. Every builder and player of electric mandothingies appears to be listed here
    Key: linkspage;strings | Author: Martin Stillion | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 393 broken

    The Flute & Whistle Sound Sample Page http://www.flutesite.com/
    Info on recorders, whistles, and flutes. Has a short tutor for Irish flute. Notes on maintenance. What is the most interesting: sound samples to compare the various available instruments.
    Key: Wind | Author: James T. Peeples | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 592 broken

    The Tin Whistle Page http://members.aol.com/planetmac/whistle/whistle.html
    Fun site. Beginners level
    Key: Wind | Author: Pashley-at-aol.com | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 173 broken

    The Universe of Bagpipes - a Nova Albion Research web site by Oliver Seeler http://www.hotpipes.com/
    Centered around a CD with 30 kinds of bagpipes. All sorts of info, including photographs and sound samples of little known types of pipe. Nice design.
    Key: Wind | Author: Oliver Seeler | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 74 broken

    The Whistle Shop http://www.thewhistleshop.com/
    Commercial site, but worth a visit if you are interested in Tin Whistles. Includes tutorial.
    Key: Wind;shop | Author: ? | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 190 broken

    Violin making by Hans Johannson http://www.centrum.is/hansi/
    Pictures of construction of violin
    Key: Violin | Author: Hans Johannson | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 92 broken

    Violin Strings http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~leonid/violin_strings.htm
    About violin strings: brands and maintenance
    Key: Violin | Author: ? | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 88 broken

    Welcome http://www.bagpiper.com/
    Various info for bagpipers, including classified ads and a series of articles
    Key: Wind | Author: webmaster-at-bagpiper.com | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 179 broken

    Zistern http://www.studia-instrumentorum.de/MUSEUM/zistern.htm
    Inventory of a German museum. Lots of pictures and descriptions of old citterns and derivatives. In German, alas.
    Key: Strings | Author: © STUDIA INSTRUMENTORUM MUSICAE 2001 | to top of subject | to main page | ID: 479 broken

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