CRWTH,CRUIT, or ROTE SEAN FOLSOM

This is a part of a talk on Bowed String Instruments played in the Renaissance.
This "BOWED LYRE" (Lyra in Roman Latin) is known by many names, which shows how far back in time the instrument has been in use. Among these many names:
CRUIT in Irish Gaelic, CRWTH in Welsh, TALHARPA, STRAKHARPA, in Scandanavia, It was known as the CROWD in English, and the player was called a "Crowder".
One of the names in Finnish is JOUHIKANTELE.
On the European Continent it was called CROTTA, ROTTA, and simplified, "ROTE" from which we have the phrase, LEARNING BY ROTE, or ROTE LEARNING.
Rote learning does work very well for taking a short term memory, and making it into a long term memory, by putting the Teacher's words of instruction on to a simple "Chant" or "Tune". Thus, making many lasting neural connections between both Right and Left hemispheres of the Brain. Similar to the ROTE is the use of the "TAMBURA" a Drone String Instrument of India, which is used in the same way for the memorization and performance of the VEDAS.
In it's earliest form, the strings of the Rote were plucked. By the 10th Century A.D. the Instrument started being Bowed in Europe, by the addition of a Horse Hair Bow, and in some cases, a fingerboard and neck. Perhaps the Bow had it's beginning in Mongolia or the Mid-East, but it's origin is really unknown. Professor Otto Anderson published a book on this subject in 1930. The title in English, is: "The Bowed Lyre". I bought this CRWTH from George Higgs of Canterbury, in 1978. The Bow was made by Larry Higgins of Musica Antigua in San Francisco, that same year. For a Bowed Lyre without a Neck / Fingerboard
please see Pekko Kappi's Jouhikko videos.

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[seanthepiper]

@TheVincentjacque  Joue toi-meme, Maestro !

[seanthepiper]

@Blacksquareable

Yes, My Bow Hold is My Own.

[seanthepiper]

@nickmiester97 Thank You Nick !

I have this tuned like a Violin, because I had Violin Lessons at my Music School, and the Vocal range of Jim Duran, our singer in Sheila na Gig, favored Songs in

G major, D mixolydian, etc. Perfect for Violin Tuning G,d,G,d,a,e.

There are plans on how to make these available and there aren't many Parts

to it so make one yourself.

[TheVincentjacque]

Parle pas tant, joue !

[Blacksquareable]

Is this the actual bow hold from pictures etc or the one which seems most comfortable out of interest?

[Mikenike22579]

That's awesome!!

[nickmiester97]

I love the crwth.