MUSIC
I have never seen a bowed instrument on Gor; also, I might mention, I have never on Gor seen any written music; I do not know if a notation exists; melodies are passed on from father to son, from master to apprentice.
Nomads of Gor, pg 153
Cymbals...
"At this point, with a clash of cymbals, both dancers remained immobile. Then, after this instant of silence under the torches, the music struck the final note, with a mighty and jarring clash of cymbals, and the Warrior had lowered her to the furs and her lips, arms about his neck, sought his with eagerness. Then, both dancers broke apart and the male stepped back, and Phyllis now stood, alone on the furs, sweating, breathing deeply, head down"
Assassin of Gor, pg 185
Attached to the thumb and index finger of each hand were tiny finger cymbals. She bent her knees ever so slightly and raised her arms gracefully above her head. There was a sudden bright clash of the finger cymbals, and, to the music of the nearby tent, Talena, daughter of the Ubar of Ar, began to dance for me
Tarnsman of Gor, pg134
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, pg 108
Double Flute...
He then, for two or three minutes, played soft, full melodious tunes, sensuous, inviting tunes.
Dancer of Gor, pg 283-284
There was suddenly near us, startling us, another skirl of notes on a flute, the common double flute.
Magicians of Gor, pg 120
Flute...
I could hear from a tent nearby the sound of a flute, some soft drums, and the rhythmic jangle of some tiny cymbals"
Tarnsman of Gor, pg134
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, pg 40
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, pg 153
Her fingers touched the six strings, a note at a time, and then a melody, of the caravans of Tor, a song of love.
Asassin of Gor, pg 264
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, pg 180
Lyre...
Miles of Vonda then picked up the lyre, which she had used earlier in entertaining us. With its strap he slung the small, lovely, curved, stringed instrument about her body, the strap over her right shoulder, the instrument behind her left hip. The delicacy of the instrument, with its suggestion of refinement, gentility and civilization, contrasted nicely with the barbarity of her luscious, enslaved nudity, the shreds of her tunic and her helpless, steel-clasped wrists.
Guardsman of Gor, pg 271
Notched stick ...
Among them was a notched stick, played by sliding a polished tem-wood stick across its surface.
Nomads of Gor, pg 153
Red Hunter's Drum...
"The drum of the red hunters is large and heavy. It has a handle and is disk like. 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 yehunter standing now in the midst of the group was some two and one half feet in diameter.
Beasts of Gor, pg 261-262
Sistrum...
There was an accompaniment by sistrums.
Marauders of Gor, pg 33
Tabor ...
A skirl 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, pg 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, pg 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, pg 130
Trumpet...
We heard music in the distance, trumpets, drums, and cymbals.
Captive of Gor, pg 209
Behind him came musicians, with their trumpets, and cymbals anddrums.
Captive of Gor, Pg 209