Meaning of trigonon | Babel Free

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A small triangular harp.

historical

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“The early Greek Trigonon, like its progenitor the Egyptian harp, appears to have had no fore-pillar; small Trigona were, however, made at some subsequent but unascertained time, with a fore-pilar and a very small sound box.”

“Soft Lydian pipes, trigonons, silvery flutes, / Blend in the lamp-lit air with gentle lutes.”

“To say that they represent a height of achievement which the poetry of our own time has not surpassed is just as ridiculous as to say that Aeschylus’ band of lyres, trigonons and sambukas made better music than the Boston Symphony Orchestra.”

“Among other musical instruments in the north Pontic area of which we know from archaeological evidence, are the horns, shell-trumpets, trigonons (harps), Pan-pipes, lutes, and zithers.”

“On the other hand, there exists a statuette of a dancing-girl, no doubt dating from the year 5000, a prelude to an abundant choreographic and ritual representation of male and female musicians, and even soldiers, beating a rhythm with tambourines, crotals, (a sort of castanet), sistrums or their hands, to the tunes of slanting (circa 4000) or double flutes, harps (3 to 20 strings), lutes (4 strings) trigonons (harps with 22 strings, held on the knees) and zithers (of Syrian importation circa 2000).”

“Other contemporary representations of trigona show considerable variation in the angle at which the strings are set and in the position of the hands.”

“Of the two varieties of closed trigona, one is essentially like the open trigonon but with a post running parallel to the strings from the tip of the base arm to the tip of the soundbox.”

“It seems to me also that to invoke the gods with certain kinds of music and melody, for instance, with both hymns and auloi or Egyptian trigona, shows that we are eager for them to hear our prayers with a gentle temper.”

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