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Among Gorean musicians,incidentally,czehar players have the most prestige;there
was only one in this group,I noted, and he was their leader;next following
the flutists and then the players of the kalika; the players of the drums
come next; and the farthest fellow down the list is the man who keeps the
bag of miscellaneous instruments,playing them and `
parcelling them out to others as needed.Lastly it might be mentioned,thinking
it is of some interest, musicians on Gor are never enslaved;they may, of
course, be exiled, tortured, slain and such; it is said perhaps truly, that
he who makes the music must, like the tarn and the Vosk gull, be free.
Nomads of Gor page 154
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Cymbals
There are various sorts similar to the ones found on Earth.
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Czehar
Musical instrument consisting of a flat, oblong box, having 8 strings, it
is held across the lap when sitting cross-legged and is played with a horn
pick; similar to a Japanese koto.
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Flute
Same as Urth flute and the players always keep them polished.
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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.
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Kaska
A small hand drum.
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Notched Stick
Played by sliding a polished tem-wood stick across its surface.
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Tabor
A small drum.
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Tambourine
Bits of metal on wires; gourds filled with pebbles and slave bells mounted
on hand rings.
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Zills
Finger cymbals.
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