bisernica (prim, small Serbo-Croatian plucked string instrument)
~ String instrument
Description
Smallest member of the Serbo-Croatian tamburica orchestra, it is usually the lead or "prim" instrument. It can either have one double string and three single strings (prim/bisernica) or two double strings and two single strings (bisernica).
Annotation
Note that wikipedia is incorrect about an alternate name being "samica" that is a related but different instrument, a predecessor not used in the tamburtiza orchestra, but rather as a standalone folk instrument.
Annotation last modified on 2017-01-06 01:48 UTC.
Relationships
| from: | Croatia Serbia Slovenia |
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| type of: | lute family |
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| derived from: | samica (solo Serbo-Croatian plucked lute) |
| related instruments: | bugarija (kontra, Serbo-Croatian plucked string instrument) čelo (čelović or csello, counter Serbo-Croatian plucked string instrument) |
| related instruments: | berda (begeš, large bass Serbo-Croatian plucked string instrument) brač (basprim, Serbo-Croatian plucked string instrument) |
| part of: | Serbo-Croatian tamburica orchestra |
| picture: | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prim_tambura.png [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q866288 [info] |
