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OCCASIONAL NOTES. 
Have they stringed instruments, the strings of which 
are sounded by being twanged with the fingers ? 
Have they any stringed instruments, twanged with a 
plectrum ? 
Have they any stringed instruments beaten with Shicks, 
or hammers (like the dulcimer) ? 
Have they any stringed instruments played with a bow ? 
If there are stringed instruments, with frets on the 
neck (as is the case with our guitar), note down the 
intervals produced by the frets in regular succession. 
What are the substances of which the strings are made ? 
Is there any particular contrivance on some of the in- 
struments in the arrangement, and situation of the 
strings? 
Are there stringed instruments with sympathetic strings 
(1. e., strings placed under those strings which are 
played upon; the sympathetic strings merely serve 
to increase the sonorousness) ? 
What are the musical intervals in which the stringed 
instruments are tuned ? 
Do the people possess any musical instrument of a very 
peculiar construction? If so describe it minutely. 
Give the name of each instrument in the language of 
the country. 
Describe each instrument, and give illustrations if 
possible, showing the exact way, in which the in- 
struments are held and played. 
Give some account of the makers of musical instru- 
ments ; of the woods, metals, hide, gut, hair, and 
other materials they use : of their tools, ete. 
What are the usual adornments and appendages of the 
musical instruments ? 
