ʻO Theorba: wehewehe o ka mea kani, hoʻolālā, mōʻaukala, ʻenehana pāʻani

He mea kani ʻEulopa kahiko ʻo Theorba. Papa - kaula uhuki, chordophone. No ka ʻohana lute. Ua hoʻohana ikaika ʻia ʻo Theorba i ke mele o ka wā Baroque (1600-1750) no ka pāʻani ʻana i nā ʻāpana bass i ka opera a ma ke ʻano he mea kani.

ʻO ka hoʻolālā he pahu lāʻau hollow, maʻamau me kahi puka kani. ʻAʻole like me ka lute, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ka ʻāʻī. Aia ma ka wēlau o ka ʻāʻī he poʻo me ʻelua mau mīkini peg e paʻa ana i nā kaula. ʻO ka helu o nā kaula he 14-19.

Ua hana ʻia ʻo Theorbo i ke kenekulia XNUMX ma Italia. ʻO ka mea i koi mua ʻia no ka hana ʻana ʻo ia ka pono o nā mea kani me kahi laulā bass lōʻihi. Ua manaʻo ʻia nā mea hou no ke ʻano operatic "basso continuo" hou i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka Florentine camerata. Me kēia chordophone, ua hana ʻia ka chitarron. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi a me ke ʻano pear, kahi i hoʻopilikia i ka laulā o ke kani.

Ua like ke ano o ka hookani ana i ka mea kani me ka lute. ʻO ka mea hoʻokani pila me kona lima hema e kaomi i nā kaula i nā frets, e hoʻololi i ko lākou lōʻihi resonant e paʻi i ka memo a iʻole ke mele i makemakeʻia. Hoʻopuka ka lima ʻākau i ke kani me nā manamana lima. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa nui mai ka ʻenehana lute ke kuleana o ka manamana lima. Ma ka theorbo, hoʻohana ʻia ka manamana lima e unuhi i ke kani mai nā kaula bass, ʻoiai ma ka lute ʻaʻole ia e hoʻohana ʻia.