Domra

Domra
Domra
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Classification
Related instruments
Balalaika, Mandolin

The domra (Russian: домра) is a long-necked Russian string instrument of the lute family with a round body and three or four metal strings.

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History

In 1896, a student of Vasily Vasilievich Andreyev found a broken instrument in a stable in rural Russia. It was thought that this instrument may have been an example of a domra, although no illustrations or examples of the traditional domra were known to exist in Russian chronicles. A three-stringed version of this instrument was later redesigned in 1896, patented, and introduced into the orchestra of Russian folk instruments.

The three-stringed domra uses a tuning in 4ths.

Later, a four-stringed version was developed employing a violin tuning by Moscow instrument maker, Liubimov, in 1905.

In recent times, scholars have come to the conclusion that the term "domra" actually described a percussive instrument popular in Russia, and that the discovered instrument was either a variant of the balalaika or a mandolin.

Today, it is the three-stringed domra that is used almost exclusively in Russia. It is played with a plectrum, and is often used to play the lead melody in Russian balalaika ensembles.

Orchestral instruments

The basic domra is tuned as follows:

  • Three strings—EAD tuning
  • Four strings—GDAE tuning (like the mandolin or the violin)

Instruments are made in various sizes including piccolo, prima, alto, tenor, bass, and contrabass.

  • Piccolodomra : b1 e2 a2 Tessitura
  • Primdomra : e1 a1 d2 [1]
  • Soprandomra : b e1 a1 [2]
  • Altdomra : e a d1 [3]
  • Tenordomra : B e a [4]
  • Bassdomra : E A d [5]
  • Kontrabassdomra (minor): 1E 1A D [6]
  • Kontrabassdomra (major): 1A D G [7]

Performers

Tamara Volskaya is considered to be one of the leading contemporary performers on the domra. She is a Merited Artist of Russia, a Laureate of the USSR competition, and a Professor at the Mussorgsky Ural State Conservatory in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

See also

References

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