musical instrument consisting of a flat, oblong box, having 8 strings which are played with a horn pick; similar to a Japaniese koto
kalika
musical instrument having a long neck and hemispheric soundbox, its 6 strings being plucked; similar to a banjo
gourds
filled with pebbles
herlit-bone whistle
: a whistle made from the bone of the herlit used by the Kaiila tribe in the performance of the great dance
notched stick
played by sliding a polished tem-wood stick across the surface
tabor
: a small drum
kaska
a small hand drum
tambourine
:Bits of metal on wires; gourds filled with pebbles and slave bells mounted on hand rings
drum, Red Hunter's
: large, heavy, handled and disklike. The frame, made of wood with a cover of Tabuk hide, is struck on the frame with a stick, giving the drum an odd resonance sound
flute, double
: a wind instrument
tarn drums
drums used in a march during war; the signals are used to control flying tarn armies
cymbals (zills)
(noun): There are various sorts similar to the ones found on Earth.
~ Cymbals ~
On the thumb and first finger of both her left and right hand were golden finger cymbals.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 8
There was a clear note of the finger cymbals, sharp, delicate, bright, and the slave girl danced before us.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 8
The drums, the cymbals, the trumpets, were now quite close.
Captive of Gor, page 209
~ Double Flute ~
He then, for two or three minutes, played soft, full melodious tunes, sensuous, inviting tunes.
Dancer of Gor, pgs. 283-284
There was suddenly near us, startling us, another skirl of notes on a flute, the common double flute.
Magicians of Gor, page 120
~ Herlit-Bone Whistle ~
These rattles were then joined by the fifing of whistles, shrill and high, formed from the wing bones of the taloned Herlit. Blood
Brothers of Gor, page 40
~ Czehar ~
The czehar is a long, low, rectangular instrument. It is played, held across the lap. It has eight strings, plucked with a horn pick.
Kajira of Gor, page 108
~ Kalika ~
The other was the kalika, a six-stringed instrument; it, like the czehar, is flat-bridged and its strings are adjusted by means of small wooden cranks; on the other hand, it less resembles a low, flat box and suggests affinities to the banjo or guitar, though the sound box is hemispheric and the neck rather long; it, too, of course, like the czehar, is plucked; I have never seen a bowed instrument on Gor
Nomads of Gor, page 153
~ Kaska ~
The drummer's fingers light on the taut skin of his instrument, the kaska, then adjusting it, then trying it again, then tapping lightly, then more vigorously, with swift, brief rhythms, limbering his wrists, fingers and hands.
Dancer of Gor, page 180
~ Notched Stick ~
Among them was a notched stick, played by sliding a polished tem-wood stick across its surface.
omads of Gor, page 153
~ Red Hunters' Drum ~
The drum of the red hunters is large and heavy. It has a handle and is disklike. It requires strength to manage it. It is held in one hand and beaten with a stick held in the other. Its frame is generally of wood and its cover, of hide, usually tabuk hide, is fixed on the frame by sinew. Interestingly the drum is not struck on the head, or hide cover, but on the frame. It has an odd resonance. That drum in one hand of the hunter standing now in the midst of the group was some two and one half feet in diameter.
Beasts of Gor, pgs. 261-262
~ Sistrum ~
There was an accompaniment by sistrums.
Marauders of Gor, page 33
~ Tabor ~
A girl on a flute and a sudden pounding on twin tabors, small, hand drums, called my attention to the square of sand at the side of which sat the musicians.
Explorers of Gor, page 133
One wiped the flute, the other was addressing himself to the tabor, loosening some pegs, relaxing the tension of the drumhead. The drumhead is usually made of verr skin, as most often are wineskins.
Vagabonds of Gor, page 36
~ Tarn Drums ~
The sound of the great tarn drums reached us, those huge drums whose signals control the complex war formations of Gor's flying cavalries.
Tarnsman of Gor, page 130
~ Trumpet ~
We heard music in the distance, trumpets, drums, and cymbals.
Captive of Gor, page 209
Behind him came musicians, with their trumpets, and cymbals and drums.
Captive of Gor, page 209