Flexatone: menene, sauti, ƙira, amfani

Kayan kida na kade-kade a cikin makada na kade-kade suna da alhakin tsarin rhythmic, ba ku damar mai da hankali kan wasu lokuta, isar da yanayi. Wannan iyali yana ɗaya daga cikin tsofaffi. Tun zamanin d ¯ a, mutane sun koyi yin rakiyar ƙirƙira su tare da raye-raye na kayan kida, ƙirƙirar zaɓuɓɓuka iri-iri. Ɗayan su shine flexatone, kayan aikin da ba kasafai ake amfani da su ba kuma ba a manta da su ba wanda mawaƙan avant-garde suka taɓa yin amfani da shi.

Menene flexatone

An fara amfani da flexatone na ƙwanƙwasa redi a farkon ƙarni na XNUMX. Daga Latin, ana fassara sunanta a matsayin haɗin kalmomin "mai lankwasa", "sautin". Mawakan kade-kade na wadancan shekarun sun yi yunƙuri don haɗa kai, suna gabatar da waƙoƙin gargajiya a cikin karatun nasu, haɓakawa na asali. Flexatone ya ba da damar gabatar da raye-raye, kaifi, tashin hankali, ƙazami, da sauri a cikin su.

Design

Na'urar kayan aiki tana da sauqi qwarai, wanda ke shafar iyakokin sautinsa. Ya ƙunshi farantin karfe na bakin ciki 18 cm, zuwa ƙarshen ƙarshensa wanda aka haɗa harshen ƙarfe. A ƙasa da sama akwai sanduna biyu na bazara, a ƙarshen abin da aka kafa ƙwallo. Sun bugi rhythm.

sauti

Tushen sauti na flexatone shine harshen karfe. Buga shi, ƙwallayen suna fitar da ƙara, sautin kururuwa, kama da sautin zato. Kewayon yana da iyaka sosai, baya wuce octaves biyu. Yawancin lokaci zaka iya jin sautin daga "yi" na farkon octave zuwa "mi" na uku. Dangane da ƙira, kewayon na iya bambanta, amma bambance-bambancen tare da daidaitattun samfuran ba shi da kyau.

Dabarar aiki

Yin wasa da flexatone yana buƙatar wasu ƙwarewa, ƙwarewa da cikakken kunne don kiɗa. Mai yin wasan yana riƙe da kayan aiki a hannunsa na dama ta wurin kunkuntar ɓangaren firam. An ciro babban yatsan yatsa a sama a kan harshe. Maƙewa da latsa shi, mawaƙin yana saita sauti da sauti, yanayin girgiza yana ƙayyade ƙarar. Ana samar da sauti ta hanyar ƙwallaye suna bugun harshe tare da mitoci daban-daban da ƙarfi. Wani lokaci mawaƙa suna gwaji kuma suna amfani da sandunan xylophone da baka don ƙara sautin.

Amfani da kayan aiki

Tarihin bayyanar flexatone yana da alaƙa da haɓakar kiɗan jazz. Ƙwayoyin sauti guda biyu sun isa don rarrabuwa da kuma ba da ƙarin karin waƙa na kayan aikin jazz gabaɗaya. Flexaton ya fara amfani da shi sosai a cikin 20s na ƙarni na ƙarshe. Sau da yawa yana fitowa a cikin waƙoƙin pop, a cikin fina-finai na kiɗa, ya shahara da masu wasan kwaikwayo na rock.

Ya fara bayyana a Faransa, amma ba a yi amfani da shi sosai a can ba. An fi amfani da shi sosai a cikin Amurka, inda kiɗan pop da jazz suka haɓaka da ƙarfi. Mawaƙa na kiɗan gargajiya sun ja hankali ga nau'ikan sauti. Lokacin ƙirƙirar ayyuka, suna yin rikodin bayanin kula a cikin ƙwanƙwasa treble, suna sanya su ƙarƙashin ƙungiyoyin karrarawa tubular.

Shahararrun ayyukan da aka yi amfani da flexotone a cikin su sune shahararrun mawakan duniya kamar su Erwin Schulhof, Dmitri Shostakovich, Arnold Schoenberg, Arthur Honegger. A cikin Piano Concerto, ya shiga cikin shahararren mawaki da jama'a, jagora da mawaki Aram Khachaturian.

Kayan aikin ya shahara tsakanin mawakan avant-garde, masu gwaji, da kuma cikin ƙananan ƙungiyoyin pop. Tare da taimakonsa, mawallafa da masu yin wasan kwaikwayo sun kawo nau'i-nau'i na musamman ga kiɗa, sun sa ya bambanta, haske, mai tsanani.