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Dan Tranh Music Instrument Anime Drawing
This drawing features quite the elegant musical instrument. It goes by the name of Dan Tranh. The Dan Tranh is originally from Vietnam. It is based on the Guzheng of China. It can be played alone or with other musical instruments. Folks can also sing to this musical instrument. The Dan Tranh first appeared around the late 13th century. The original version had 14 strings. Around the 19th century, the 16 string version became the standard model. The musicians play the instrument with the right hand, and they bend the strings with the left hand. The traditional form of playing...
Anime Girl Playing the Cimbalom
This is a new anime drawing of mine featuring the cimbalom. The instrument is a type of chordophone. It looks a bit like the backend of a piano. It was invented in 1874 in Budapest by V. Josef Schunda. The instrument is derived from the Hammered Dulcimer. This instrument is played with two sticks. The instrument is made with copper strings. The instrument gets played often in classical music. It has even been used in rock music. Due to its popularity, there are many different schools all over Europe that teach the instrument. The drawing was made with cute coloring...
Anime Girl Playing the Bouzouki
This is like a new anime drawing of mine featuring the bouzouki. It is a type of guitar. There are a lot of string instruments. This one in particular was invented in Greece. It was first depicted in a relief that dates to the 330 BC. The relief was found in Athens. During the Byzantine period, it was known a the pandoura. There are many different sizes to this instrument. The number of strings also varies. The instrument is still being played today. It is still as popular as ever in Greek Laiko music. Laiko is the Greek equivalent of...
Anime Girl Playing the Cello
In this drawing, I feature a maiden playing the Cello. The cello is like a very big violin. It has a nice, sad type of music to it. I frankly enjoy a lot better the sound of the cello. The violin is a little too upbeat for my taste. As to be expected, the Cello is a pretty common orchestral musician instrument. It gets about the same attention as the violin. There are less cello players mainly because of the size of the instrument. The cello was invented around the 1530s. It belongs to the violin family. Some of the...
Anime Girl Playing the Crwth Music Instrument
Of all the music instruments I have researched, this is the first one that does not have a single vowel. How would you go about pronouncing that word? The thing is also known as the crowd or rote. It is a tyle of lyre. It was commonly used in folk music back in the medieval times in England. Only 4 historical instruments have survived to modern times. The name means round object in proto Celtic. The instrument still gets played today. There are modern reconstructions of the instrument. The best known modern player of the instrument is named Cass Meurig....