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Gaita Asturiana
The ''gaita asturiana'' is a type of bagpipe native to the autonomous communities of Principality of Asturias and Cantabria on the northern coast of Spain. Differences from other Iberian gaitas *The ''gaita asturiana'' is of longer size than the '' Galician gaita'' of the same key; that is to say, its pipes are of longer dimensions. The reed of the chanter (''payuela'') is of smaller size than the ''galician'' reed. Compared to the ''galician'', the finger holes are distributed differently, making it easier to extend to the 4th of the second octave with a simple increase in air pressure on the bag (''fuelle''), a method known as ''requintar''. *In the autonomous community of Cantabria this gaita is also called ''gaita astur-cántabra'' or ''gaita cántabra'', though it is identical in construction. Attestation The first evidence for the existence of the ''gaita asturiana'' dates back to the 13th century, as a piper can be seen carved into the capital of the church of Santa Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chromatic Note
Chromaticism is a compositional technique interspersing the primary diatonic pitches and chords with other pitches of the chromatic scale. In simple terms, within each octave, diatonic music uses only seven different notes, rather than the twelve available on a standard piano keyboard. Music is chromatic when it uses more than just these seven notes. Chromaticism is in contrast or addition to tonality or diatonicism and modality (the major and minor, or "white key", scales). Chromatic elements are considered, "elaborations of or substitutions for diatonic scale members".Matthew Brown; Schenker, "The Diatonic and the Chromatic in Schenker's "Theory of Harmonic Relations", ''Journal of Music Theory'', Vol. 30, No. 1 (Spring 1986), pp. 1–33, citation on p. 1. Development of chromaticism Chromaticism began to develop in the late Renaissance period, notably in the 1550s, often as part of ''musica reservata'', in the music of Cipriano de Rore, in Orlando Lasso's ''Proph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asturian Musical Instruments
Asturian refers to something related to Asturias, in northern Spain: * Asturians, the people of that region * Asturian language * Asturian cuisine, cuisine of the Asturias region of Spain * Asturian culture of the Epipalaeolithic or Mesolithic Stone Age * Western Asturian, a dialect Asturian language * Asturcón, also known as an Asturian pony * An informal name for Westphalian D, an interval of the Carboniferous Period The Carboniferous ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era that spans 60 million years, from the end of the Devonian Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Permian Period, Ma. It is the fifth and penultimate perio ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bagpipes
Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, Northern Africa, Western Asia, around the Persian Gulf and northern parts of South Asia. The term ''bagpipe'' is equally correct in the singular or the plural, though pipers usually refer to the bagpipes as "the pipes", "a set of pipes" or "a stand of pipes". Bagpipes are part of the aerophone group because to play the instrument you must blow air into it to produce a sound. Construction A set of bagpipes minimally consists of an air supply, a bag, a chanter, and usually at least one drone. Many bagpipes have more than one drone (and, sometimes, more than one chanter) in various combinations, held in place in stocks—sockets that fasten the various pipes to the bag. Air supply The most common method of supplying air to the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Bagpipes
Northern Europe Ireland *Uilleann pipes: Also known as Union pipes and Irish pipes, depending on era. Bellows-blown bagpipe with keyed or un-keyed 2-octave chanter, 3 drones and 3 regulators. The most common type of bagpipes in Music of Ireland, Irish traditional music. *Great Irish Warpipes: One of the earliest references to the Irish bagpipes comes from an account of the funeral of Donnchadh mac Ceallach, king of Osraige in AD 927. Bagpipes were a noted instrument in Irish warfare since medieval times, but only became standardized in Irish regiments in the British Army in the last century, when the Great Highland Bagpipe became standard. The Warpipe differed from the latter only in having a single tenor drone. Irish warpipes fell out of use for centuries due to the British outlawing them; whence the Scottish bagpipes took the place of the Irish bagpipes role in the British army. Warpipes today are rarer specialty instruments in military and civilian pipe bands, or private player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Reina Del Truébano
La Reina del Truébano (literally, in English, the Queen of the Hive) is an Asturian gaitas band formed in 1996. It is known for being a first grade band in Asturias and Spain, and also for its participation in important competitions and festivals in Ireland, United States and France. It is based in Navia and directed by Luis Feito Cano, with Pablo Gonzalez Lopez in charge of the drumming section. History La Reina del Truébano was founded in 1996 when musicians from the western part of Asturias got together who had in common the same teacher: Luis Feito Cano. The first presentation was on the 11th of April 1997 in the Campoamor Theater of Oviedo. Some relevant performances: *La Ascensión fair, Oviedo 1998 - 2011. * Premios Príncipe de Asturias 1998 - 2014. *Festival in Grenoble (France) (Performing with Carlos Núñez), September 1999. *Nîmes, France. Festival of folkloric groups 2000. *Festival St. Vallier (France), 19–21 July 2002. *Programa de TVG "Luar", February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festival Interceltique De Lorient
__NOTOC__ The (French), Emvod Ar Gelted An Oriant (Breton) or Inter-Celtic Festival of Lorient in English, is an annual Celts (modern), Celtic festival, located in the city of Lorient, Brittany, France. It was founded in 1971 by . This annual festival takes place in the heart of the city every August and is dedicated to the cultural traditions of the Celtic nations (''pays celtes'' in French), highlighting Celtic music and dance and also including other arts such as painting, photography, theatre, sculpture, traditional artisanry as well as sport and gastronomy. Participants come from Brittany, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Cornwall, Cumbria, the Isle of Man, Cape Breton Island, Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Asturias, Acadia, and the entire Celtic diaspora. Programme of events The main festival sites are located throughout the city, with more formal events taking place at the ''Palais des Congrès'', ''Grand Théâtre'' or ''Église Saint Louis''. The larger events take place at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villaviciosa, Asturias
Villaviciosa (, ) is a town and Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Asturias, Spain. Geography Villaviciosa is situated on the central eastern coastline, and borders the Asturian municipalities of Gijón and Siero to the west, Sariego, Nava, Asturias, Nava, Cabranes and Piloña to the south and Colunga to the east. The total area is Demographics It had a population of 14,962 in 2011. Parroquias The capital is the town of the same name. It is in size. Villaviciosa includes 41 ''parroquias'' (parish (administrative division), parishes): Notable people * Hevia, José Ángel Hevia Velasco, musician, was born in the town. Notable buildings *Church of San Salvador de Valdediós *Church of Santa Eulalia de la Lloraza *Iglesia de Santo Tomás (Coro), Iglesia de Santo Tomás *Monasterio de San Martín (Villaviciosa), Monasterio de San Martín References {{authority control Municipalities in Astur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hevia
José Ángel Hevia Velasco, known professionally as Hevia (born October 11, 1967 in Villaviciosa, Asturias), is an Asturian bagpiper – specifically, an Asturian gaita player. He commonly performs with his sister, María José, on drums. In 1992 he was awarded first prize for solo bagpipes at the Festival Interceltique de Lorient, Brittany. Possibly his most recognisable composition is the 1998 piece ''Busindre Reel'', from his first album ''Tierra de Nadie''. Hevia is known for helping invent a special brand of MIDI electronic bagpipes, which he is often seen playing live. The instrument was developed with Alberto Arias (pupil and computer programmer) and the electronic technician Miguel Dopico. Two of Hevia's tracks, ''La Línea Trazada'' and ''El Garrotin'' (single release), appeared on the cross-platform video game '' Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense''. His music was also featured in Walt Disney World The Walt Disney World Resort is an destination resort, entertainm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diatonic
Diatonic and chromatic are terms in music theory that are used to characterize scales. The terms are also applied to musical instruments, intervals, chords, notes, musical styles, and kinds of harmony. They are very often used as a pair, especially when applied to contrasting features of the common practice music of the period 1600–1900. These terms may mean different things in different contexts. Very often, ''diatonic'' refers to musical elements derived from the modes and transpositions of the "white note scale" C–D–E–F–G–A–B. In some usages it includes all forms of heptatonic scale that are in common use in Western music (the major, and all forms of the minor). ''Chromatic'' most often refers to structures derived from the chromatic scale in 12-tone equal temperament, which consists of all semitones. Historically, however, it had other senses, referring in Ancient Greek music theory to a particular tuning of the tetrachord, and to a rhythmic notati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathedral Of Oviedo
The Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Saviour or Cathedral of San Salvador (, ) is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica in the centre of Oviedo, in the Asturias region of northern Spain. The Cathedral of San Salvador of Oviedo today displays an array of architectural styles, from Pre-Romanesque to Baroque, including Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance parts. History The church began as a large Pre-Romanesque basilica in the present location of the Gothic cathedral, but nothing more is known about that first building, built by order of King Alfonso II of Asturias. The cathedral was founded by King Fruela I of Asturias in 781 AD, and enlarged in 802 by his son Alfonso II of Asturias known as ''Alfonso the Chaste'', who made Oviedo the capital of Kingdom of Asturias, and resided in Oviedo with his court. He created the See of Oviedo in 810. The present edifice was begun by Bishop Gutierre of Toledo in 1388, and the tower added by Cardinal Francisco Mendoza de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
