The Sistrum and the Stick Rattles Sabayi and Sachi

This paper gives a brief outline of inherited links between various instruments. In doing so, attention is given to their spread and transformation process from an ancient Egyptian sistrum to a different type of a stick rattle1, also known as xi-stick or xízhàng in Chinese. This instrument once existed during the middle ages. In the process of time however, its use was witnessed in the Uyghur’s’ sabayi, the sachi and further to the Vietnamese sinh tien and the Japanese suzu. These instruments can create a rapid succession of rattling and complex sounds, some of which simulating frogs croaking... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Long Fei 陇菲
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Schlagwörter: sistrum / stick rattle / sabayi / sachi / ritual use
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : https://zenodo.org/record/3925723