Torban

with Marina Viksnina, who shows off the string-laden baroque instrument from eastern Europe.
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Recorded in Kiev, May 2017.

[@owen261]

My Ukrainian great grandma would love this I really love these vids. I’m amazed at the full range of instruments you have displayed in your series. I can’t believe you found a torban player!

[@TheStringdom]

Owen Wardlaw thanks for watching! And yes it was a surprise for me that we could track one down! Stay tuned for much more to come 🙂

[@krzysztofwaleska]

Incredible voice. I never heard one in such a good condition, tuned properly in the capable hands.

[@noodle3947]

You deserve more subscribers

[@nosiwoda70]

This channel is gold! Glad I found it

[@TheStringdom]

I'm glad you're watching! Please share with anyone you think might like it! :)

[@nosiwoda70]

@@TheStringdom of course! Indeed, some of my friends would be interested in history AND strings 😁

[@philipmakulatur9575]

amazing. I'm gonna watch through your whole channel. great stuff! thank you very much for this.

[@TheStringdom]

Philip Makulatur thank you for watching!! And please share with anybody else you think would be interested, it would really help us a lot! :)

[@Evangelionism]

It's sound is a balance between mellow and icy. I love it.

[@ChrisLeeW00]

It's like a slightly more portable theorbo!

[@bacicinvatteneaca]

There were smaller archlutes before theorbos

[@mungo7136]

When she talked: OK ... When she started to sing: Oh my Lord ...

[@juancarlosgomezchacon2070]

Saludos gran instrumento

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

2:51 It's tuned to Open G. Some players tune it like a Baroque Lute in Open D Minor but w/ Super Trebles.

[@jesusislord4656]

Дуже гарний інструмент.

[@conlangknow8787]

Thats a nice guitar

[@nathanjasper512]

it's like they were going to build the lute and then they just kept going.

[@frus5660]

Does anyone know a name for the English tune she plays around 6:12?

[@olegchukhlieb5813]

Something irish

[@glaxonberry3667]

I'm here because of Dragon Quest VII

[@wyndiahighwind7477]

Torban of Truth!

[@rampagent9226]

Same. I recorded that scene for a ringtone/alarm. Love it.

[@bacicinvatteneaca]

6:43 that's Brian Boru's march

[@sappling2p]

What’s the tuning on the Torban?

[@rezwanhossain7295]

Can i get her social account if u have?

[@nextlifeonearth]

She sings really well, but damn do I hate vibrato. It's a really interesting instrument. I sometimes play a renaissance lute, which shares some similarities like the bass strings, but that bottom part is quite interesting.

[@TheStringdom]

CapnTates yes it looks a lot like some lutes and theorbos. Still hunting around for a friendly lutenist in England to chat to about the similarities and differences!

[@Lucas-yq5qo]

Oh, this is baroque lute bootleg.

[@leo.miranda]

Je suis un brésilien. Je viens à ce video parce que le torbán est cité au livre Guerre et Paix du génial Tolstói. Pour ça j'ai encontré ce video dans ma recherche. Trop interessant!

[@zoolkhan]

complex and sophisticate instrument, i cannot imagine i want to tune it... but i am not really a musician either. I just suffer from good/perfect hearing 🙂 this instrument has one bad string. - but otherwise beautiful to listen to, until voices drown it out. may the ukrainian traditions never be erradicated by anyone.

[@gnut69]

Дайте мені Торбан)

[@samfilippov7355]

Please, tell about Russian 7-string guitar and Japaniese samisan.

[@clawhammer704]

Sounds a bit asian and looks like a few of the their instruments as well.

[@agusspp6551]

WTF IS THAT YO

[@I_leave_mean_comments]

I love her. James, Jimmy, Jimbo... do me a solid, yo... hook me up with Maria. I'd like to show her how to play my "unwieldy instrument". Eh? Eh? HIGH FIVE!

[@hailbaphomet]

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