morsing - Grinnell College Musical Instrument Collection - Grinnell College Libraries
Gaelyn Hutchinson, Grinnell College Libraries
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- Type
- website
- Level
- intermediate
- Language
- en
- Cost
- free
- Topics
- instruments, morsing
What it is
A college museum catalogue entry on the morsing: a steel tongue fitted to a steel frame, held in the hand and pressed against the teeth, plucked, with the mouth cavity changing the overtones, and used in Carnatic music as a surrogate drum that accompanies the mridangam.
Why it is useful here
A scholarly catalogue description of how the morsing is held, played and used.
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