ORCID
- Nuria Bonet: 0000-0003-2695-6230
Abstract
What do the Catalan tenora, the Chinese suona and the North Korean jangsaenap have in common? A comparison between these three double reed instruments might seem ludicrous at first, but they have intriguing similarities. I was first struck by the visual similarities between the bass keyed suona and the tenora, later discovering the shorter jangsaenap(see figure 1). Sonically, the three instruments are also remarkably similar: loud outdoor instruments with great lyrical potential. Why and how have such similar instruments developed in geographical locations as distant as Catalonia, and China and North Korea?
Publication Date
2017-10-29
Publication Title
Sonograma
Volume
36
ISSN
1989-1938
Recommended Citation
Bonet, N. (2017) 'From North Korea to Catalonia: the Tenora, Suona and Jangsaenap', Sonograma, 36. Retrieved from https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/ada-research/628
