Skrabalai: haku mele, kumu, hana leo, hoʻohana

Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia nā mele hoʻokani pila o Lithuanian i kahi pahu lāʻau i kapa ʻia he skrabalai. He mea kahiko ka mea hana, akā kaulana kahi mea kani percussion o ke ʻano percussion ma nā ʻāina Baltic. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā ʻahaʻaina i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ke akamai o ka pāʻani ʻana.

Aia ʻo Scrabalai i 3 a ʻoi aku paha nā lālani o nā pahu lāʻau, i hana ʻia ma ke ʻano o nā trapeziums, aia ma kahi kiʻi nui. He ʻokoʻa ka nui, ma muli o ka hiki a me ka makemake o ka mea hoʻokani. No ka hana ʻana e hoʻohana i ka lehu a ʻoka paha.

Loaʻa ka ʻili leo ma muli o nā hopena me nā lāʻau lāʻau i nā pahu i ʻokoʻa kekahi i kekahi i ka mānoanoa o ka pā a me ka nui. Aia i loko o kēlā me kēia bele he ʻohe i hana ʻia me ka lāʻau a i ʻole ke metala. ʻOkoʻa ke kani o kahi "trapezoid" kaʻawale mai ka mea e pili ana i ka hapalua o ka leo.

ʻAʻohe ʻikepili pololei i ka lā i ʻike ʻia ai ka hoʻolālā. Akā, aia ka ʻike hilinaʻi i nakinaki nā kahu hipa i kēia mau bele ma ka ʻāʻī o nā bipi. Ua kōkua ke kani o ke kūkulu ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka holoholona nalowale.

ʻAʻole i nalowale ke ʻano o ka idiophone. Hoʻohana ʻia ia ma ka Latvian a me Lithuanian orchestras, ensembles e hana i kahi ʻano mele, kani i nā lā hoʻomaha a me nā ʻahaʻaina.