Friday, October 22, 2010

Medieval life(Musical instrument)

This saturday, I an my wife went to King Richard the first's birthday party at the palace. All of my friends, especially Duke Horner, was supposed to join this party as well so I and my wife was excided. After getting ready for the party(all my servents were busy because of my wife's preprations), we rode on a wagon dragged by 4 horses. When we entered the palace, I could hear the sound of people and the music.

"Sir Seo!"

My friend Sir Ciavirella called me. I turned around with a bright countenance on my face.

"How are you, sir?"

"I am well. Thank you, sir."

After a short conversation. we went into the hall. In the hall, there were many knights, sirs, and madams. I was happy to see many people that I could not communicate with over a long time. I also met new people and had a conversation with them as well. However, one thing that caught my eyes were the musicians and the gleemen.



I saw a new instrument called organetto(Sir Horner told me the name later on). The instrument was like a pump combined with buttons that made sounds when the musician pus them.
It made a really clear sound which rang my heart for a long time. I heard that this instrument was invented a while ago but it became popular when 13th century started. The musician also sang a tenor part of the music piece while playing the instrument. The pump of the instrument seemed like a sheep skin and the instrument seemed portable.

The organetto played dance songs along with other instruments. During the party, I fells so much into the instrument that I planned to learn the instrument from a palace musician. When I came back home, I told this to my wife and she agreed. She said she would learn how to play organetto with me.

It was happy experience; I was happy to meet people and talk to them and also happy to see a new instrument that I have insterest in.

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