Instrumental practice and body discomfort: study with musicians of violin and viola by Clarissa Stefani Teixeira, Rubian Diego Andrade, Fausto Kothe, Érico Pereira Gomes Felden

“…This way, this study aimed for to identify the complaint of discomfort musculoskeletal in the different corporal areas with the positions adopted during the 11 musicians strings instrumental practices (violin and viola) of an orchestra semi-professional of the South Brazil region. …”
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Yatha in Kalmyk folklore and lyrics of the 20th century: the poetics of a musical instrument by Rimma M. Khaninova

“…If in the epic ‘biiv’ (clarinet) and ‘yath’ (harp) are presented as separate musical instruments played by characters and the wind, then in one Kalmyk fairy tale they are also represented as ‘biiv-yath’, which apparently “united” in itself two instruments: ‘biwaa’ (plucked string instrument) and ‘yath’. In Kalmyk lyrics of the last century, compared to dombra, fewer works are addressed to yatha. …”
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De organografía, organología y etnolaudería como propuesta para el estudio de los instrumentos musicales tradicionales by Víctor Hernández Vaca

“…In this article, a review of the traditional musical instruments studies in Mexico is presented in order to expose my own methodological proposal —different from organology and organography— for the study of the instrument from an approach called “ethnolaudery,”which proposes the study of musical instruments based on traditions and from a processual perspective; looking at musical instruments as a piece of culture and inside specific cultures; considering the diverse contexts of production (according the corporal, material, and symbolic dimensions); and focusing on the specialized crafters of string instruments: violeros, vigoleros, lauderos, guitarreros, ebanistas, setimuriecha, guitarrachiketl, kuachichiketl, p´as b´ometik, etc.…”
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