Mandolin played in Ukranian domra or kobza style - GDae tuning скачать в хорошем качестве

Mandolin played in Ukranian domra or kobza style - GDae tuning

Two closely related instruments, tuned GDae. The Ukrainian domra and kobza. The kobza used to be made from a block of wood, but consists of glued staves nowadays. I found out that it was somewhat of a national instrument to the Cossacks. Turkic people brought it into central Ukraine during the 13th century. The terms kobeznik and kobzar came to mean 'bard', but the word origin is kopuz, which is an old pre-Turkic word for 'instrument'. Some people prefer to call it the orchestra kobza when it's tuned to 5ths. It has 4 single strings. Like the Russian domra and balalaika, it has prim/alt/tenor/bass/contrabass sizes. This, I see almost always plucked. It has a chromatic fretboard. Then there is a kobza that is closer to the guitar and used for accompaniment. It can be found with 4/6/7 single strings, or 6 double courses. The tuning could be that of a bass guitar (EADG), a 6 or 12 string guitar (EADGbe, eE aA dD gG bb ee) or that of a 7 string Russian guitar (DGBDgbd). This, I saw fingerpicked and has prim/alt/tenor/contrabass sizes. Some still use the old name bandura for this instrument (word stem pandoura/tambura/mandola). This is not correct though, as the bandura evolved into a cittern with a fretless neck and harp strings. Konoplenko-Zaporozhetz had been playing a fretted neck with 8 strings and 4 harp strings before 1912. But originally, the bandura was what the kobza is now. Just like the balalaika and domra were banned by Tsar Mikhailovich in 1648, the bandura and kobza too were. Alexander II of Russia issued this in the Ems Ukaz of 1876. The 4 course domra was developed in 1905, by Burov and Lyubimov. It was put into 5ths to give it a cosmopolitan feel, while the original 3 course is tuned Ead. It is not really found in Russia anymore and has become so popular in Ukraine that people refer to it as the Ukrainian domra. But the builds are identical. The frets are fixed in a chromatic pattern. It has metal strings and is played with a plectrum most of the time, though finger picking is used for some passages. I was asked to use a small teardrop plectrum, as a guitar pick would not be proper. #tambouras