12/31/2023 0 Comments Medieval drumIt became very popular during the medieval times. Timbrel was a unique musical instrument that predates the medieval era and was probably used as far back as ancient Egypt. According to historical sources, triangle was introduced in medieval Europe sometime in the 14th century and was usually used in church services. The sound produced by this kind of instrument is very clear but it has little variation given its design and playing mechanism. The three sides of the triangle each produced a different sound when struck with a rod, so a player generally struck them in quick succession to produce a unique rhythm. Triangle was usually made of steel and to produce sound from the instrument, the triangle was struck with a steel rod. I remember my musicology teacher Christian Kaden (who died in 2016) years ago talking about such a shifting of spheres concerning the consideration of instruments in the Middle Ages.As the name suggest, this was a triangle-shaped percussion instrument with the triangular shape open at one end. Within that view everything from the worldly sphere seems to be wiped out, whereas the other way round any faint breeze from the holy side is barred from consideration when women other than Miriam/Mary and her companions are depicted or seen and heard when playing live with dancers around. I am meditating about this iridescent connection of the holy action (the Elders with tympani, the praising songs in the psalms) with this deeply earthly, fleshly background which cannot be negated, which still remains as a faint connection no holy man could get rid of.Īnd, yes, the instrument as Christ stretched on the cross, in connection with the Elders of the Apocalypse, that`s a convincing picture for that time. That meets your notion of allegorical exegesis. (you are talking about) or an appreciated tool of transportation of holy words. What do they become when played? So it seems to be the context in which they were used which makes them either a worldly, pagan, embodying thing, connected with women and fertility rites etc. Could we maybe draw the line that the word as such obviously was highly appreciated, as "In the beginning there was the word, and the word was with God." and writing a Bible or another liturgical book or books which are comments to God`s word were representing this word and thus sanctify the matter on which it is written? And following that path of citation in a way the word becomes flesh as it is put on that worldly matter, parchment, which is skin of an animal. Yet the specific sort of sound, the sound without word, this indefinite sound of a drum might cause a serious difference compared with the word which can be controlled by its meaning. And it might not be the question of sound or not sound, which makes the difference, since reading was something which produced sound as well, for at that time silent reading wasn`t common, but reading aloud. But presumably they wouldn`t say the same for books (let`s consider their holy contents!) which are made of the same material. Augustine and Gregory the Great remark, that the membrane of the tympanon relates to flesh because it is made of animal skin. I am reading your article In Tympano with great interest.
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