musica irregularis

music

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history of percussion instruments

  • Flemish rommelpot friction drum
    In percussion instrument: Idiophones

    …they form part of the musica irregularis decried by writers such as the German organologist Sebastian Virdung in 1511 and as such were restricted to popular entertainment or signaling. Written music of this period does not help to determine whether, or how, idiophones were played with voices or with other…

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