Cistra: wehewehe o ka mea kani, haku mele, hoʻohana i ka mele

ʻO Cistra kahi mea kani kahiko me nā kaula metala, i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ke kupuna pololei o ke kīkā. Ua like kona ʻano me ka mandolin o kēia wā a he 5 a 12 mau kaula paʻa. ʻO ka mamao ma luna o kāna fretboard ma waena o nā frets pili he semitone mau.

Ua hoʻohana nui ʻia ʻo Cistra ma nā ʻāina o ʻEulopa Komohana: Italia, Farani, ʻEnelani. Ua kaulana loa kēia mea kani i nā alanui o nā kūlanakauhale kahiko o nā kenekulia 16-18. I kēia lā hiki ke loaʻa ma Sepania.

Ua like ke kino o ka luawai me ka "lele". I ka wā mua, ua hana ʻia mai kahi ʻāpana lāʻau hoʻokahi, akā ma hope ua ʻike ka poʻe paʻahana i ka maʻalahi a ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻohana ʻana inā hana ʻia mai nā mea ʻokoʻa. Aia nā lua wai o nā ʻano nui a me nā kani - tenor, bass a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.

He ʻano lute kēia, akā ʻaʻole like me ka lute, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi, liʻiliʻi a maʻalahi hoʻi ke aʻo ʻana, no laila ua hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ʻaʻole e nā mea hoʻokani pila, akā na nā amateurs. Ua ʻohi ʻia kona mau kaula me ka plectrum a i ʻole nā ​​manamana lima, a ʻoi aku ka "māmā" o ke kani ma mua o ka lute, nona ka timbre "juicy", ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no ka pāʻani ʻana i nā mele koʻikoʻi.

No ka cistra, ʻaʻole i kākau ʻia nā helu piha, akā ʻo ka tablature. ʻO ka hōʻiliʻili mua o nā ʻāpana no ka cistra i ʻike ʻia e mākou i hōʻuluʻulu ʻia e Paolo Virchi i ka hopena o ke kenekulia 16. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia lākou e nā polyphony waiwai a me nā neʻe melodic virtuoso.