NHK Radio-1 at 990kHz
| ype | Broadcast radio network and Broadcasttelevision network |
|---|---|
| Country | Japan |
| Availability | Nationwide and Worldwide |
| Slogan | まっすぐ、真剣。("Straightforward, earnest")[1] |
| Area | Shibuya, Tokyo |
| Owner | Government of Japan(Public Broadcast) |
| Launch date | 22 March 1925 (radio) 1950 (television) |
| Former names | Japanese Radio Station (1925-26) |
| Callsign meaning | Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai |
| Official website | nhk.or.jp |
20121226 1947UTC 990kHz NHK R1 Kochi
Date : 26/Dec/2012 1947UTC
Freq : 990kHz AM
Rig : KENWOOD TS-870S(7000Hz)
ANT : LOOP(for 20m not enough Gain)
PC recording
Sadness nomadic(遊牧民の悲しみ)
The sitar (English pronunciation: /ˈsɪtɑr/) is a plucked stringed instrument used mainly in Indian classical music, which is believed to have been derived from the ancient Indian instrument Veena and modified by a Mughal court musician to conform with the tastes of his Persian patrons and named after a Persian instrument called the setar (meaning "three strings"). Since then, it underwent many changes, and the modern sitar evolved in 18th century India. It derives its resonance from sympathetic strings, a long hollow neck and a gourd resonating chamber.
Used widely throughout the Indian subcontinent, the sitar became known in the western world through the work of Ravi Shankar beginning in the late 1950s and early 1960s after The Kinks' top 10 single "See My Friends" featured a low tuned drone guitar which was widely mistaken to be the instrument.[1] The sitar saw further use in popular music after The Beatles featured the sitar in their compositions, namely "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" and "Within You Without You". Their use of the instrument came as a result ofGeorge Harrison's taking lessons on how to play it from Shankar and Shambhu Das.[2] Shortly after, Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones used a sitar in "Paint It, Black" and a brief fad began for using the instrument in pop songs.
Types of zither
While the term zither organologically refers to a broad family of musical instruments, in modern usage it most commonly refers to one of three specific instruments: the concert zither and the Alpine zither (which are often considered variants of the same intstument), and the fretless or "guitar" zither. Like many other stringed instruments, acoustic and electric forms exist; in the acoustic version, the strings are stretched across the length of the soundbox, and neither version has a neck.
The concert zither may have from 29 to 35 strings, with 34 or 35 being most typical. These are arranged as follows: 5 fretted melody strings, placed above a guitar-like fretboard; 12 unfretted "accompaniment" strings; followed by 12 unfretted "bass" strings; a varying number of "contrabass" strings, with 5 or 6 being the most common number.
The Alpine zither has 42 strings, and differs from the concert zither primarily in having more contrabasses, which require the addition of a harplike post at the top of the instrument to support the tuners for these additional strings. Alpine zither strings are set in the same arrangement as the concert zither, except there are 13 contrabass strings instead of 5 or 6.
Both of these zithers are tuned in a similar manner, with the accompaniment and bass strings each providing a full set of 12 chromatic pitches arranged in a cycle of fifths. Contrabass strings are arranged in a descending chromatic scale. There are two popular tunings for the fretted melody strings: Munich and Vienna. See the Zither Tuning Chart, below, for details of the pitches and octaves employed.
The fretless zither may have from 12 to 50 (or more) strings, depending on design. There are no frets or fingerboard, and all strings are played "open," in the manner of a harp. Strings on the left are arranged in groups of three or four, which form various chords; strings to the right are single melody strings. Tuning can vary widely from manufacturer to manufacturer and even from model to model, but the tuning is usually indicated on the instrument itself, in the form a painted chart or paper chart glued under the strings.
A popular contemporary form of the fretless zither is the autoharp, on which all of the strings are placed singly, and a series of buttons activate dampers which silence all but the strings in the particular chord named on the button. (The autoharp is played in a different manner from the other zithers discussed here, and for playing purposes is best considered as a separate instrument in its own right.)
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