মুরলী । o | | - - --------- | | হইয়া আসিতেছে। উভয়েরই প্রাচীনত্ব প্রতিপাদনার্থ উভয় দেশেই এতৎসম্বন্ধে নানাপ্রকার প্রবাদ আছে। ভারতের মুরলী স্ত্রীকৃষ্ণের অতি প্রিয়তম ছিল এবং তিনিই ইহার নিৰ্ম্মাতা। ted for flutes, and they were made of box, laurel, ivory, copper, silver and even of gold, From expressions annexed to the titles of some of Terence's comedies, we learn that they were represented to the sounds of flutes, and that these flutes vero pares, imprtres, derlrae, and sinstræ ; equal amd um^qual, right nmd left. The andria was accompanied with equal flutes, right and loft, “tibiis paribus, irroris et sinist, is : " the runuchus with two flutes, the one right, and Ille other left, “ tibiis dunbus, dertra et sinstra ; " the heautoutinorumenos, or the self-tormentor, first with unequal slutes, afterwards with two right, “pri. „„„, i„i;s „nparibus, deinde duabu* dertois ; " the adelphi, with Tyrian flutes, a labas sarranis ; ” the phorato with equal flutes, and the hecyra with unequal ßutes. The performer played always upon two lutes at the samo time, and placed round his mouth, a species of handage tled behind the head, m order that the checks might not protrude, and for the better management of the breath. The right flute was held by the right, and the left slute by the left hand; the right sluts had only two bores and produced low sounds; the left had several bores, and producel higher sounds. When the musicians performed upon these two oute, of different sounds, it was stud the piece was performed “tibiis imparibus,” or “his dertos et sinistris." When they performed upon the two flutes of the same sound, it was said, that the piece was performed “tibiis paribus dortris,” | that is to say, if upon those of gravc soumds, or “tibiis paribus sinistris, " if upom high sounding flutes. Since the invention of the flute, it has undergone a number of changes, both in form and name , some are curved, some are long, others short, small, middle sized, simple, double, right aud left, equal, and unequal. Lastly, these same flutes have been differently named, in various countries ; for example, the curved lute of Phrygia, was the same as the tityrion of Greece and Italy, or the phaution of the Egyptians, called the monaule. Flutes have a compass of nineteen diatonic intervals, viz: from D, first space below the treble clef, to A-sharp ( or B-flat, ) the octave above the first leger line, including every chromatic interval; but, generally, only to the second octave above the second line, treble clef.
- Encyclopaedia By J. F. Danneley.
