- A crowdy-
crawn is a
wooden hoop
covered with
sheepskin used as a
percussion instrument in
western Cornwall at
least as
early as 1880. It is
similar to...
-
Bendir (North Africa, Turkey) Bodhrán (Ireland)
Buben (Ukraine) Crowdy-
crawn (Cornwall)
Cultrun (Chile, Argentina) Daf (Iran, Kurdistan, Azerbaijan,...
- wood
frame without any
means of attachment. The
Cornish frame drum crowdy-
crawn,
which was also used for
harvesting grain, was
known as
early as 1880. Peter...
- Sea
shanties War
songs Work
songs Instruments Accordion Concertina Crowdy-
crawn Fiddle Fife
Flute Lancashire bagpipe Lincolnshire bagpipes Melodeon Northumbrian...
- Buk Cajón
Candombe drums Chalice drum
Chenda ****tail drum
Conga Crowdy-
crawn Darbuka Damphu Davul Dayereh Dhak
Dhimay Dhol
Dholak Djembe Dong Son drum...
- clarinet,
vocals Neil Davey, fiddle,
bouzouki Bec Applebee, vocals,
crowdy crawn and
other percussion Jen Dyer, viola,
vocals Kyt Le Nen Davey, accordion...
- You")
Billy &
Lillie Buena Vistas Freddy Cannon Mary Swan The
Cobras Wayne Crawn Danny & The
Juniors ****ey Doo & The Don'ts (Gerry Granahan)
Sheila Ferguson...
-
similar to a violin),
bombarde (horn-pipe),
bagpipes and harp. The
crowdy crawn (a drum) with a
crwth or
fiddle were po****r by the 19th century. In the...
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Cornish carol cushion dance jig
hornpipe reel
troyll bagpipe bombarde crowdy crawn (croder croghen)
fiddle (crowd) hand drum harp
gorsedd Corsican See French...
- musician, and made
several recordings with
Brenda Wootton (e.g.
Crowdy Crawn), as well as a poet and
writer in
Cornish itself under the
bardic name of...
