monochordic mouthbow

Spanish translation: arco de boca

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English term or phrase:	mouthbow
Spanish translation:	arco de boca
Entered by:	jorge_trad

04:22 Mar 10, 2004

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Social Sciences - Music / traditional instruments

English term or phrase: monochordic mouthbow

This is the defintion of "mouthbow": The mouth bow is not too difficult to get the hang of. You tune the string up until you get it into a bow shape, not too tight so as to break the string but just until it sounds good. Hold the bow just up from the center with the string facing away. Place the end of the bow against your cheek and make an O shape with your mouth. With the other hand holding a guitar pick, strum up and down on the string. That's a start. Next try changing the shape of your mouth and opening and closing your throat to vary the tone. Slight pressure on the bow will make it bend loosening the string and lowering the pitch.
http://www.strumhollow.com/how_to_play_the_mouthbow.htm

jorge_trad KudoZ activity Questions: 172 (6 open) (2 without valid answers) (22 closed without grading) Answers: 23
Local time: 08:52

arco de boca

Explanation:
Así es como lo encontré, no lo pude encontrar como "arco bucal". En instrumentos musicales, parece usarse más "de mano", "de boca" que "manual", "bucal", etc.

"...a la exploración de las tradiciones esotéricas no-escritas de la música renacentista ... y dúlcemeles, así como el mouth bow o arco de boca..." (bolivia.usembassy.gov/Publish/notas/na445a.pdf)

"...es similar, a un instrumento que existía en la cultura mapuche, una especie de arco de boca, cuyo sonido..."
(www.u-noticias.cl/junio03/mapuche.htm)

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arco bucal de una sola cuerda

Juan Fern�ndez

arco bucal monocorde...

Gabriel Aramburo Siegert

arco de boca

gmedina

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49 mins confidence:

arco bucal de una sola cuerda

Explanation:
bow en música se refiere a un arco

Juan Fern�ndez
Local time: 06:52
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English,

Spanish

8 hrs confidence:

arco de boca

gmedina
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Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

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13 hrs confidence:

arco bucal monocorde...

Explanation:
Good luck.

Gabriel Aramburo Siegert
Local time: 06:52
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

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