bisernica (prim, small Serbo-Croatian plucked string instrument)

~ String instrument

Description

Smallest member of the Serbo-Croatian tamburica orchestra, it is usually the lead or "prim" instrument. It can either have one double string and three single strings (prim/bisernica) or two double strings and two single strings (bisernica).

Annotation

Note that wikipedia is incorrect about an alternate name being "samica" that is a related but different instrument, a predecessor not used in the tamburtiza orchestra, but rather as a standalone folk instrument.

Annotation last modified on 2017-01-06 01:48 UTC.

Relationships

from:Croatia
Serbia
Slovenia
type of:lute family
derived from:samica (solo Serbo-Croatian plucked lute)
related instruments:bugarija (kontra, Serbo-Croatian plucked string instrument)
čelo (čelović or csello, counter Serbo-Croatian plucked string instrument)
related instruments:berda (begeš, large bass Serbo-Croatian plucked string instrument)
brač (basprim, Serbo-Croatian plucked string instrument)
part of:Serbo-Croatian tamburica orchestra
picture:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prim_tambura.png [info]
Wikidata:Q866288 [info]