The most exciting aspect of engaging in craft activities is the opportunity to learn and discover efficient ways to accomplish tasks without too much hassle. There are various creative methods to achieve the desired results, with some proving genuinely helpful, while others simply turn into not more than enjoyable experiments.
...Wood, crafts and music
The Forgotten Chanter from the Museum Depot
The White Carniola Museum stores in its depot an intriguing diple chanter of local provenance with a tone hole arrangement that is not encountered anywhere
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Making parts of a White Carniolan diple
Making parts of a White Carniolan bagpipe in a couple of photos. White Carniolan bagpipe (or "diple") is a reconstructed woodwind instrument from White Carniola, Slovenia (Bela Krajina).
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Gallery of White Carniolan Instruments (2014 to 2021)
Instruments I’ve made from 2014 to 2021 (two chanter types – to some degree liberal replicas of the two chanters found in Museum of White
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Razmišljanja k rekonstrukciji glasbil iz Belokranjskega muzeja – pol desetletja kasneje
[Skrajšano besedilo prvotno objavljeno v reviji Folklornik (št. 13, 2017)] Predstavitev rekonstrukcije glasbil iz metliškega muzeja, ki sem ju v letu 2014 izdelal za FS...
Bagpipes within the Territory and Music of Slovenia
When discussing bagpipes as a musical instrument within the context of the territory of present-day Slovenia, we are essentially exploring two narratives. The first revolves around instruments of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, evident in numerous frescoes adorning churches and sporadically referenced in historical writings. The second narrative concerns
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Making Cuban Rumba Claves from Walnut
I decided to make Cuban rumba claves to spice up my journey into the world of Cuban rumba and casino dancing, and they turned out quite well. However, the bore should probably be significantly larger to allow for more resonance.
...Dva starinska napeva iz Bele krajine
V kontekstu rekonstrukcije glasbil iz muzeja in iskanja spremljajočega arhaičnega glasbenega izraza Bele krajine, podajam dve starinski pesmi, ki sodita v starejšo plast belokranjske glasbene
...Istrian mih bagpipe chanter
An Istrian mih chanter. From a rough wooden blank to its final shape. Made in 2013.
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Bagpipe of Northern Čičarija (plum and cherry wood)
A reconstruction of a “mih” bagpipe of the village Golac, based on a preserved chanter fragment, displayed in the Slovene Ethnographic Museum. The instrument is
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Sorbus aria (Whitebeam)
Years ago I played with a spalted log of a whitebeam tree (Sorbus aria). Not so impressive wood by its hardness, but visually appealing. All
...“Belokranjske dude” – rekonstrukcija glasbil iz Metliškega muzeja
V letu 2014 sta bili na pobudo KUD Oton Župančič iz Vinice po sto letih premora izdelani repliki glasbil iz muzeja. Čeprav se zvočni zapisi igranja, ki bi jih zanesljivo lahko povezali z glasbiloma iz muzeja, niso ohranili, hrani Glasbenonarodnopisni inštitut nekatere posnetke igranja na piščali dvojnice in primere petja,
...White Carniolan diple chanter (walnut and limewood)
A White Carniolan (Bela krajina, Slovenija) diple chanter made of lime wood I made in 2014. The wood is not much impressive by itself. But
...Tying a bagpipe bag in one-two-three
Here are some pictures of a mih bagpipe I’ve made years ago. After finishing the wooden parts comes the assembling part. Images tell more than
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