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[Dagon Fai Ur]

Alright, this is covering Sarvonian Gitarres only, leaving room for developments on Nortern Santharia as well as Nybelmar and any other continent for their own instruments        Some references may be made as to where certain variations were influenced from - namely one, inspired by Smith, that originated from Nybelmar.

Overview
The Gitarre is a stringed instrument common throughout Sarvonia. It is part of the stringed family which includes Lutes, Violins, and Mandolins. There are a number of variations of the Gitarre but all consist of six strings. Popular variations include the Sarvonian "Metal" Gitarre, named for it’s use of metallic strings and the most common Gitarre is the simple Classical Gitarre, which is the basis of all Gitarre variations.

Description
A Gitarre usually ranges to about 1 ped in length from the base to the head where six knobs are positioned to allow the strings to be tightened or loosened depending on the natural tone that the musician hopes the gitarre to have. The neck connects the body of the gitarre to the head, and strings extend from the knobs of the head down to what is known as the bridge. The bridge is where the strings are fastened in to maintain the tension of the strings, allowing sound to be created. The body itself makes a peanut-like shape with the neck extending from one end of the body.

Many features on a gitarre are optional, one of these is frets. These are ridges positioned across the neck of the gitarre showing where a transition in pitch occurs. Moving one’s hand down the neck, towards the base makes the pitch ascend while moving one’s hand towards the head of the gitarre lowers the pitch of the sound. However, many gitarres can be “fretless”. This is suggested for more skilled musicians who can judge the pitch changes with experience.

Under the strings, just beside the bridge is a hole that opens up inside the gitarre. The base of the gitarre is actually hollow, when the strings are plucked or strummed, the strings vibrate and the sound travels into the hollowed body of the gitarre, amplifying the sound.

The construction of the gitarre is purely wood, a variety of decidous trees are acceptable, with the strings coming in a variety of materials depending on the sound that the musician hopes to achieve. Classical gitarres are outfitted with strings made of the intestines of various animals or hair, mainly from horses. Newer variations of the gitarre, mainly the Sarvonian gitarre are outfitted with metal strings that provide a metallic sound.

The construction of these strings can be a difficult and sometimes disgusting process. The intestines need to be dried, stretched and cut to the appropriate length. One end is wound around one of the knob's upon the head while the other end is fastened to the bridge upon the body. The intestines are tightened by the knob until the string is tight enough to be played. Despite the soft, sweet song that intestine strings make, they are not very strong or reliable strings, losing their tone much quicker than other strings. The metallic strings are a much more labour intensive process. The ore first needs to be worked into a long wire that is fine enough so that it can break one's skin if the tip is pressed into a finger or other appendage. At this size the metal can suffice for the highest pitched strings. However, to achieve the lower tones and pitches more wire's are wound tightly around the initial wire increasing the wire's size and in turn lowering the tone of the string.

Usage
The gitarre is an instrument used often to create a rhythm for singing or more melodic instruments. However, many modern musicians have begun to adapt new styles of playing the gitarre that have allowed it to become much more than a rhythmic instrument. The gitarre is now used in a very melodic or harmonius way.

There are various ways to actually play a guitar. The most classical method is my finger plucking the strings where each note is created by striking a finger against one of the six strings of the gitarre. Strumming has now become a very popular method of playing gitarre. This has allowed the development of complex chords that give more body to the sound of the gitarre, utilizing all six strings in one sweep of the hand.

With the gitarre becoming a more melodic instrument, small hand-held instruments have begun to be used to allow plucking to be done with more efficiency. The item in question is a plectrum which is a small piece of material that is about as large as 2 nailsbreadths. The material can be relatively anything, although very smooth wood has become a popular choice.

Variations:
Classical Gitarre: The classical gitarre provides a melodious tone and rhythm to musical pieces. Used primarily as a background or mood setting instrument, the classical gitarre traditionally left little room for inspiration.

Strung with either animal intestines or horse hair provides the soft tone to the gitarre. These Gitarre's tend to be larger and somewhat like a rounded box.

Sarvonian "Metal" Gitarre: The Sarvonian Gitarre, sometimes referred to as the metal gitarre in relation to it's strings that are metal wires, has a harder metallic sound. These gitarres have begun to be used for more primary, instrumental parts of songs that were generally reserved for flutes and other similar instruments.

The gitarre itself is very similar to the Classical Gitarre, but the body is thinner and in overall size, smaller than it's Classical counterpart.

The "Bard's" Gitarre: Deriving from the name Bardavos, this gitarre originally emerged from the City of Artists. The Bard's Gitarre is much smaller than the Modern or Classical Gitarres and possesses a much rounder body. The strings are often the same as a classical gitarre, but variations in this are not uncommon. The Bard's Gitarre also possesses five strings as opposed to the traditional six strings seen in the first two variants of the Gitarre.

Mystical Gitarre: Nybelmar is often referred to as the "Lands of the Mystical West" and the Gitarre that has been brought to Sarvonia reflects that. The Gitarre itself in appearance is very similar to a classical gitarre, but smaller in proportion. The strings are made from any material that can be strung very tightly as the Mystical Gitarre's unique sound comes from the uncommon amount of tension in the strings. In total, the Mystical Gitarre possesses eight strings, one of a higher pitch and one of a lower pitch than the Classical Gitarre.

Lute: A much smaller gitarre in terms of overall size. The body is very large in comparison to it's neck and makes a tear drop shape. The body is fully rounded on the bottom giving the lute it's unique sound. It possesses 14 strings in all, but they are positioned in pairs of two, one string is high pitched and the other is the lower equivalent of the same note thus creating the harmonius tone of the lute.

These instruments were made popular by traveling bards as most other gitarres are larger in size and more difficult to travel with. The lute also become very popular as a musical aid for story-telling.

The first lute was fashioned in 175 a.S. by a Centoraurian bard by the name of Gren Cerauntin. These lutes had only 10 strings, but they were in pairs, making him the first musician anywhere to produce a sound like that of the lute.

History: The first Sarvonian Gitarre was developed by a human bard around 1000 b.S. The actual date is unknown as is the style of Gitarre that he possessed or the style of music that was played with the Gitarre. However, the design and inspiration of the instrument was passed on through the ages and the first classical Gitarre was made in 547 b.S. by Taelen Gitarre. Despite him not being the "inventor" of the gitarre, he made it to be a popular instrument throughout Santharia where it and its variations eventually spread around the world of Caelereth; throughout Sarvonia and Nybelmar as well as Aeruillin and Cyhalloi.

-*Dagon Fai'Ur*-

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Edited by: Dagon Fai Ur at: 3/12/06 7:11

[Smith in Exile]

Well, I know this says "instruments of Santharia", yet I just wanted you to know (as you are also diving into some Nybelmarian issues) that I always imagined the Anpagans as using mainly this type of instrument in their music - kinda like the classical spanish guitar pieces... That would mean [sometimes around the Year of Darkness]-to-[present] timeline. So when you mention the "modern" (probably you'll need another word) uses, that might be because Santharians learned to like the Anpagan ways of using the "gitarre"?  
In any case I would love to see it as a Nybelmar instrument adopted in Santharia (but maybe that's just me, the usual Nybelmar dude lol - and I don't know if this instrument was actually mentioned in any other entries/stories...)

[Dagon Fai Ur]

Added two variations... not much, just try to add a little bit whenever I can.

UPDATE: More variations!

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Edited by: Dagon Fai Ur at: 3/7/06 20:38

[Gean Firefeet]

Dear Dagon,

not much too comment for now, above all I want to give you a heads-up on the work: I'm glad someone's doing this.

As Talia said somewhere else, I'd go for santharizing it a bit more. Classical guitar sounds like they're going to play Lute Suites by J.S. Bach. Though perhaps something similar in music style exists in the Santharian Universe, perhaps we could simply make this Sarvonian Gitarre? Perhaps even Tharian or Santharian, depending on which time the instrument was developed? Perhaps you can create an original sounding word for it? Flamengo and Fado do have meaning as words (I suppose at least), but to me they feature the exotic sounds of Spain and Portugal respectively. You could try and think of something similar. You could also try fiddle instead of violin, which fits more to the Fantasy/Folk kind of music we have on the website.

On your guitar options: they do not necessarily have six snares, but may feature up to twelve (from my memory you have instruments with more) snares, depending on style and country.

Keep up the good work!

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[Dagon Fai Ur]

Perhaps, instead of "Modern" Gitarre, Sarvonian Gitarre? Because Classical *shrugs* I only named it classical because the general music played on these gitarres is of an earlier time period.

Fiddle would be a more of a folk instrument, but I would be including fiddle as a variant of the violin (whenever I get around to that) The violin, I find, tends to be more melodic and soft whereas a fiddle would be common at a festival amongst the hobbits

Also... when you say snares I assume you mean strings? I have varied the strings from 6 to 5 and now to 8 with others to come...

Thanks for the comments Gean  

-*Dagon Fai'Ur*-

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[Dagon Fai Ur]

Alrighty, I'm pretty happy with it... I don't know what else to add here and I'm a little at a loss for the history. I've sort of explained the individual origination of each variation in particular so... *shrugs*

Help and comments  

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[Lucius Helvil]

For history just put the last two pargraphs below in the history section. Would you mind explaing this a litte more in detail -

Quote:Classical gitarres are outfitted with strings made of the intestines of various animals.

It appears a little far feched to me. How do you make strings out of intestines? Also for a little more detail you could go into deepth about the wood. What is the best kind to use? What is the most common?
One more thing. What is the size and shape of the base? Is it rounded or does it follow the shape of the face of the base? What is the shape of the base?
Thats all I have for you now. Good entry, like the differnt variations.

Edited by: Lucius Helvil at: 3/10/06 4:22

[Dagon Fai Ur]

I will try and get around to fleshing out the details you mentioned. However, the first guitars did have strings made of cat intestines (or so I was told)... how this was done I do not know. However, it seemed like the most logical way to create guitar strings given the resources and technology in Santharia.

-*Dagon Fai'Ur*-

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[Lucius Helvil]

Well, most logical would be hair. Don't you think?

[Dagon Fai Ur]

Quote:Strung with either animal intestines or horse hair provides the soft tone to the gitarre.

Yea, I got that  It's included in the description of the Classical Gitarre... should probably add that to the description part as well.

-*Dagon Fai'Ur*-

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Edited by: Dagon Fai Ur at: 3/10/06 5:38

[Gean Firefeet]

Quote:The most popular strings for violin are synthetic core, metal-wound strings such as
Thomastik Dominant, Pirastro Tonica or Obligato, or D'Addario's Zyex.
All of these brands have a good tone, stay in tune, last well and are competitively priced.
Traditionally, violin strings were made of gut (sheep's intestines),
and towards the end of the 19th century began to acquire metal windings
to make them more powerful.
Pirastro are the leading manufacturer of gut strings, with their Olive and Eudoxa labels.
Also available are D'Addario's Golden Spiral and Golden Spiral solo.
For early music players we stock 2 kinds of plain gut string:
Pirastro Chorda and Bow Brand.

from: www.phelps-violins.com/ac...rings.html, it can be found at a lot of other places too.

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[Lucius Helvil]

Ok, it just seemed a little odd to me. But I guess it works. Anyway you could explain how the strings are made, not only the intestine ones but the metal ones also.

[Dagon Fai Ur]

Sheep! not cat... okay, well I'll work on elaborating the construction of both the gitarres and the strings as well as the materials used  

-*Dagon Fai'Ur*-

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[Dagon Fai Ur]

Done! I think... anyway, comments and we'll see if I am done  

EDIT: Yes... done... approved for next update?  

-*Dagon Fai'Ur*-

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Edited by: Dagon Fai Ur at: 3/21/06 0:55

[Ta`lia of the Seven Jewels]

With Judy not here, I‘ll try to give you are thorough check, Dagon, but I‘m not proficient enough to check the musical part (I‘m glad I know what a pitch is  ) , we need Gean after i'm finished. Don‘t be annoyed, when another entry you thought is done needs more work (I had a look at your elves a minute ago), but as I saw, you didn‘t take in all proposals which where given already (classical gitarre name change) classic is especially there a term refering to a certain time on earth, though it got a more broader meaning, so, let us choose another one.



Sarvonian Gitarres (Instruments of Sarvonia)
You are not describing the instruments of a landscape, but of people, and you restricted yourself to southern Sarvonia, which is big enough. So the title would be: „Gitarres of Santharia“

To the word itself, it is boring. I agree, that one should see in the forst moment about what you are writing, but with an older form of it, it sounds nicer, and I think that you should have different names as well. Surely the Milkengradians have another than the  Avennorians.

So what about:  Kithara  or Qitara



Overview
The Gitarre is a stringed instrument common throughout Santharia
. It is part of the stringed family which includes Lutes, Violins, and Mandolins. There are surely a number of others, alter the names slightly as well! what about fiddle or lira for violine, al‘ud for lute etc that doesn‘t mean, that you can later call a violinmaker a luthier!

There are a number of variations of the Gitarre but all consist of six strings. Popular variations include the Sarvonian "Metal" Gitarre, named for it’s use of metallic strings and the most common Gitarre is the simple Classical Gitarre, which is the basis of all Gitarre variations.

Neither Sarvonia fits, nor classical.
This popular guitarre does certainly not have the name Santharia, for Santharia is huge. It has its origine somewhere, take any big town for the popular version or the name of a tribe (then describe later how it spread from there). Where is a lot of metal industry? Varcopas with the Mithrilan-enforced metal strings? Bardavos with the strings out of the skin f the Rahaz-estar (RARE!), and classical, what is cassical, where did this classical originate? Name it the Santhala -kithara or Santhalian Qitara. You can of course call it at one point classical, but you need to describe, that it is just the most common and old from which SOME other derived.

Just had an idea - take as the "normal" name Qitara, and in the north it is called Kithara (that would fit to our greek Milkengradians)

.. will be continued...

It is as with all "Overview" submissions - the task is too big for an apprentice. I would recommend you to let this sit here till later and describe ONE special (type of )guitarre, how it looks like, how it is sounding , how it is made by whom and its history, even the history of one single instrument would be nice!

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