Apache fiddle
TheApache fiddle(Apache:tsii' edo'a'tl,"wood that sings" )[2]is abowed string instrumentused by the indigenousApachepeople of the southwestern United States. The instrument consists of a plant stalk, such as that of theagaveormescalplant. One or sometimes two strings, often made of horse hair, are secured at both ends of the stalk, a bridge and nut added, and the string is played with a bow resined with pine pitch.[3]The string is touched with the fingers to change its note. TheSmithsonian Institutionholds an Apache fiddle collected in 1875.[4]In 1989 Apache fiddle makerChesley Goseyun WilsonofTucson, Arizonawon aNational Heritage Award.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Portrait of Chasi, Bonito's Son..."National Anthropological Archives.(retrieved 11 June 2010)
- ^Experimental Musical Instruments.Experimental Musical Instruments. 1995. p. 34.
- ^Jadrnak, Jackie (1 August 2014)."Man wants to reintroduce the Apache fiddle, which has few makers remaining".Albuquerque Journal.Retrieved24 October2017.
- ^American Indian art magazine Published by American Indian Art, Inc., 1980. Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized Dec 19, 2007. Page 28.
- ^1989 NEA National Heritage Fellow: Chesley Goseyun WilsonArchived2008-10-05 at theWayback Machine,National Endowment for the Arts (USA)
Sources
[edit]- Native American Stringed Musical Instrumentsby Daniel Brinton. inThe American antiquarian and oriental journalBy Stephen Denison Peet Jameson & Morse, 1897 v. 19, pg 20.
- The Apache Violin: Indigenous violin music in South and North AmericaArchived2016-03-04 at theWayback MachineJon Rose Web, 2005