Cyprus traditional musical organs

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Traditional music in Cyprus

• Music in Cyprus has e very old tradition and accompanies Cypriots in nearly every aspect of their life.

• Traditional orchestras include in their repertoire songs for every age and most occasions ( Love, Joy of life and sadness, work in the fields etc.)

• Main organs used in these orchestras are violin , Lute, Tampoutsia and shepherds flute

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Traditional Cyprus organs

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Violin

Lute

Touberleki

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Strict traditional organs

Although that Violin and lute entered into our music tradition later they are playing now the main role in our traditional music . How ever before violin and lute the main organs with traditional background were tampoutsia and shepherd's flute . Both organs had a simple construction and were accessible to traditional musicians at nearly no cost.

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Tampoutsia The TAMPUTSA or TAMPOUTSIA is a big Cypriot traditional instrument made out of goats skin usually. It is used as a house appliance as well in order to take out of powder substances big bulks.

Shepherd’s flute is made of reeds and was used in our island very often and in various

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Shepherd’s flute

• Shepherd’s flute is made of reeds and was used in our island very often and in various occasions.

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Reed need a lot of water and grow near

the rivers or deltas or near the sea.

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Reed Plant

• re Node

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Making a shepherd Flute

• Shepherd flute is made of dry Reed bars .

We will present you in few lines how to design and make your simple shepherds flute.

What you need is just a piece of reed bar a peace of wood an awl , some varnish and a little patient, nothing more.

Follow the steps from 1-9 and within 1-2 hours the flute will be ready. You need then only to learn how to use it.

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Step 1

• Design your Shepherds flute made of bamboo.

All dimensions approximately + 10 mm except the holes. Total length also may vary.

Node

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3 mm

Step 2-5

Step 2: Cut bamboos branches and place in a dry place for a long time to dry.

Step 3: When the bamboos are dried cut to the required length . One length should be more than 300 mm with one node on it.

Step 4: Design the place for the wholes as per step one on the reed.

Step 5: Heat to red in the gas oven one sharp owl 8 mm dia and make the wholes on the reed

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Steps 6 - 7

• Step 6: Cut the curve at the right end

Step 7: Cut wooden cup to fit the inside diameter of the flute and form curved as the right side of the flute.

Wooden Insert

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Steps 8-9

• Step 8: Sculpt with a knife or burn decorations on the surface with a gas heater or with heat to red awl.

• Step 9: Varnish the flute for protection and leave for one day to dry.

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Your flute is ready

Note: Keep your flute away from heat and moisture

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Lets play now on your Flute

NTO RE MI FA SOL LA SI NTOC D E F G A B C

Back hole closed for C D E F G A B and open only for the last C

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Traditional song that can be playedwith a Cyprus flute

• Agia Marina tzie Tzyra is song that mothers used to sing while they were putting a small child to bed. It has a nice and calm music and can be hear by everybody who want to calm .

• It can be played easily on our Cyprus shepherds flute.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_mb3tSM_U0

1st verse

• 2nd verse

A gia Ma ri na tzie Tzy ra

C D E F D E C G

NTO RE MI FA RE MI NTO SOL

pou po tzi mi zis ta mo ra

C D E F D E C D

NTO RE MI FA RE MI NTO RE

1st verse Agia Marina tzie Tzyra2nd verse Pou potzimizis ta mora

We are sorry for this way of presentation but we are all engineers and like to present everything as simple as we can . (Not always we succeed in this)

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Αγια μαρίνα τηιαι Τηυρά

• Αγια Μαρίνα τηιαι κυράπου ποκοιμίηεισ τα μωράποτηοίμθς' το κοροφδιν μουτο πκιο γλυτηφν τραοφδιν μου

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More traditional flute music

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2A76dJUk3c&NR=1

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duvdkvOxIWU&feature=related

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBj8tVMqOOQ&feature=related

4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VegowG_pa0A&feature=related

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• Vladimiros Taliadoros vladimta@cytanet.com.cy

• Androulla Christodoulou

• Chrystalla Zanneti

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