James Otto - Just Got Started Lovin You

ORGANISTRUM (late Lat. Organistrum), vielle (French vielle, vielle a roue, Italian lira tedesca, German Leier, Drehleier, rus-wheel lyre), - an old folk. strings. musestool. The resonating wooden case has the form of a box, pear, figure eight. Strun 4-6, some of which are used for Spanish. melodies, and the rest - to withstand ostinate basses. The wheel, which the performer uses a special handle to rotate with his left hand, serves as a kind of bow. The keys pressed with the right hand drive a mechanism that changes the length of the middle strings. In the 10-12 centuries. O.'s scale was diatonic, with a volume of 1 octave; later (from the 18th century) it became chromatic and expanded to 2-octaves. In the 10-14 centuries. O. - instrument of Nar. storytellers. In the 18th century, after lasting. period of oblivion, O. experienced his revival (especially in France). O.'s design was improved, virtuosos appeared - performers in O. who performed in noble salons; for O. created special. literature (plays by the French comp. C. Baton and J. B. de Boismortier).In USA, O. has been known since the 17th century. Wandering blind blind lyrists played on it, accompanying their singing, wandering musicians, storytellers. In Ukraine, O. nas. relay, snout; in Belarus - Lera. O. preserved in Zap. Europe in the music. life of peasants districts of France (e.g., in Brittany).