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balalaika-esque.aiff

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cottager

March 12th, 2010

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Music > Solo instrument

me playing a small antique 14-string guitar tuned dadgad to make it sound like an ethnic instrument.

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balalaika
banjo
ethnic
guitar
mandolin
pluck
world

Type

AIFF (.aiff)

Duration

0:47.542

File size

4.0 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Mono

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claywh

1 year, 10 months ago

mixed this with a sample of banjo playing from someone else on this site, for intro music for a short audiobook. https://freesound.org/people/claywh/sounds/698926/

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HappyCamperDC

3 years, 4 months ago

Nicely done, many thanks!

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pifferaio88

4 years, 4 months ago

For me, this is one of the best music on this platform!

ILL_yard

8 years, 8 months ago

super stuff

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GrowlingWhis...

11 years, 9 months ago

I used this sound in an audio piece called "Dragons of the Sun".

http://youtu.be/CvJwZBPkhIs

Thank you for your excellent sound!

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