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The Sage
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 Posted - 17 Mar 2010 : 00:05:46
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Ah. Some of those sources, like the DRAGON articles, are generic D&D stuff, which is why I didn't bother checking them for references. That's probably why I missed it.
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Alystra Illianniis
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Posted - 17 Mar 2010 : 19:46:19
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I found it! It was Dragon #298, Aug. '02 issue (page 29 of an article titled "Flesh for Lolth: the Secret Life of Dark Elves"). It was a mostly drow issue, and had several very good articles that, while generic, would certainly fit in any FR drow city. The insturment in question is called the vazhan-do, and looks like a lute with 64 strings. (don't ask me how the heck that works, I haven't figured it out myself...) The sound is described as being everything from wailing, dischordant tones, violent torrents of notes, to slow, disturbing sounds. Might even have a natural reverb to it, I imagine. Sounds like Heavy Metal music to me!! And on a side note, the strings can double as garrotes. Figures that drow would find a way to kill someone with an instrument...
Also, I mentioned the discussion with my gamer hubby, who thinks that an acoustic Metal sound would be very possible- something like Savatage or one of the acoustic Metal bands, perhaps. That would negate the need for electric instruments, and although the sound might be more limited, it would still have a Metal feel to it. Hope this helps!
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Posted - 17 Mar 2010 : 21:23:41
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Hope this helps!
It certainly will. Many thanks for everyone who posted in this scroll. |
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The Sage
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Posted - 18 Mar 2010 : 00:30:03
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
I found it! It was Dragon #298, Aug. '02 issue (page 29 of an article titled "Flesh for Lolth: the Secret Life of Dark Elves"). It was a mostly drow issue, and had several very good articles that, while generic, would certainly fit in any FR drow city. The insturment in question is called the vazhan-do, and looks like a lute with 64 strings. (don't ask me how the heck that works, I haven't figured it out myself...) The sound is described as being everything from wailing, dischordant tones, violent torrents of notes, to slow, disturbing sounds. Might even have a natural reverb to it, I imagine. Sounds like Heavy Metal music to me!! And on a side note, the strings can double as garrotes. Figures that drow would find a way to kill someone with an instrument...
My thanks Alystra.
It's a relief that I didn't miss this particular source. Being a generic D&D article means it doesn't automatically apply to the Realms drow unless the individual DM wishes it so. Thus, I don't have to include it in my Realms-specific catalogue of musical-related Realmslore.
[I might drop it into my D&D music notebook, though, for when I eventually get around to collecting all the generic D&D music stuff] |
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Alystra Illianniis
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The Sage
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Posted - 19 Mar 2010 : 00:28:23
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Oh, I don't doubt that the vazhan-do might find some purchase among Realms drow -- in, perhaps, more-liberal Sshamath for example, where the expressive nature of the instrument would likely find an outlet among musical devotees. But given that the source is not an FR-specific article, I'd tend to, at least initially, assume that this applies mostly to generic or core D&D.
And since I'm compiling official Realms musical references only, at least for the time being, this particular reference should, thus, be relegated to the "maybe later" pile. |
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Edited by - The Sage on 19 Mar 2010 00:32:44 |
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Alystra Illianniis
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The Sage
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Posted - 19 Mar 2010 : 02:36:27
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Aww... I could totally see it in Menzo. The sound lends itself well to Lolth's bards!
Oh, the vazhan-do would undoubtedly work here:-
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Originally referenced in the Menzoberranzan boxed set pg. 16 [of Book 1]
Seldom attended by high priestesses, these wild, acrobatic 'sweat dances' usually leave young drow drenched in sweat, dancing to the syncopated, driving rhythms of drumming and piping music.
I think this is about as close as we come to "heavy metal" music in the Realms. |
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The Sage
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Posted - 19 Mar 2010 : 07:29:36
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... and looks like a lute with 64 strings. (don't ask me how the heck that works, I haven't figured it out myself...)
It depends on the size of the sound table [usually the tear-drop-like wooden section of the instrument], really. I've seen experimental lute designs which feature larger sound tables and accommodating around 20 to 30 strings -- all running parallel to the sound tables and with plenty of tuning pegs to match. They've been derived from the design of the Baroque lute, which usually has 24 strings. |
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Realmsian Music - Heavy Metal anyone?
