Sentence examples for ancient instrument from inspiring English sources

TO play an ancient instrument is to be at once fortunate and cursed.

He placed his lips on the worn mouthpiece of that ancient instrument and filled its green felt bag with his hot breath.

For years, he said, he had been "fascinated by the Zen meditation music that Buddhist monks produced on this ancient instrument".

Or by a long-necked sitar, an ancient instrument central to Indo-Afghan musical traditions, which proved perfect for bringing out a jazzy twang in the "Bolero" melody.

Oki has taken up (and plugged in) an ancient instrument from Sakhalin, the tonkori, a ski-shaped lyre with five or six strings plucked with the fingers of both hands.

He is an exponent of the kemele ngoni, the "hunters' lute", and here the dry twang of this ancient instrument is backed by a rock-steady rhythm section, keyboards and guitars.

When work is done, they recite from ancient Taoist texts, practice calligraphy and play ancient instruments.

Replicas of ancient instruments are also used in programs that feature reconstructed ancient music and dance.

This concert features the ancient instruments of West Africa's wandering troubadours.

In Peru, I was constantly confronted by these ancient instruments that people still play.

"Everyone is trying to do scratch-for-scratch reproductions of ancient instruments.