Yaybahar

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The Yaybahar is an acoustic string and plucked instrument that has vertically arranged strings, the sound of which is transmitted to the membrane via horizontal compression springs and is amplified by them.

Layout and function

Vertically aligned strings are attached to a vertical rod. Horizontally aligned compression springs over two meters long connected to these strings lead radially away from the rod to vertically positioned membranes. The springs act as a bridge system between the vertical strings and the resonance bodies. The strings can be bowed with a bow or plucked by hand. The sound is reminiscent of tones generated by synthesizers . While music is primarily generated by bowing or plucking the strings, the player can also use a suitable object (for example a mallet ) to stroke the springs or hit the membrane like a drum, which generates alternative tones. The inventor calls the Yaybahar an "acoustic real-time synthesizer".

history

The instrument was presented in 2014 by the Turk Görkem Şen. The name is a composition from Turkish: Yay means (among other things) compression spring , bahar means spring . The work on the instrument had taken about six years. Existing elements, the sound of which Şen had in mind when developing the Yaybahar, included the Turkish longitudinal flute Ney , the percussion instrument thunder drum and the Australian didgeridoo . According to Şen, an important part of the development work consisted in further developing the construction from a device that produced sounds to an instrument that reproduces sounds.

Use in music

Film composer Ian Honeyman ( Operation: Endgame , Redline , The Philly Kid ) uses a self-made Yaybahar for some of his soundtracks .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vice.com: The acoustic instrument Yaybahar from Görkem Sen sounds like a spacey synthesizer. Accessed January 1, 2020 .
  2. ↑ GPIDesign.com: Meet the Makers: Yaybahar Instrument Creator. Accessed January 1, 2020 .
  3. ↑ ThisIsColossal.com: A New Acoustic Instrument That Creates Sounds like a Digital Synthesizer. Accessed January 1, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b InterestingEngineering.com: Yaybahar: An instrument with a Mesmerizing sound. Accessed January 1, 2020 .
  5. ↑ PRI.org: It's not Space Odyssey, it's the Yaybahar. Accessed January 1, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Experimentis.de: Thunder Drum, Thunder Drum. Accessed January 1, 2020 .
  7. ↑ IanHoneyman.com: Yaybahar. Accessed January 1, 2020 .