Where I work (at a home for intellectually disabled people) there is an instrument in the music department known as a "Bordun Lyre". We have about 4 - 5 of them and each one is tuned to a different chord. They can be easily retuned to major or minor chords as required and are played one after the other, just by brushing a hand across the strings. Just last week I asked what bordun meant and was told it meant drone! They sound beautiful and are perfect for people with disabilities to make lovely music (tho' I would rather play an autoharp myself). Robyn Park Hastings
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Clifford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ann Sessoms" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 7:10 PM Subject: [NSP] Re: German word > My understanding, confirmed with a native German-speaking friend last > night, is that Bordun is a musical process not connected to a > specific instrument (like continuo basso) and when used with the > pipes (Dudelsack) it refers to "Brummpfeife/n", i.e. the drones. > > Rev John Clifford > 42 Sir Stafford Close, Caerphilly CF83 3BA, Wales UK > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
