How Hybrid?
This week in Summer Sonic, Megan Collins considers how globalisation is influencing the way we think about music and ourselves. She looks at five portable instruments, the violin, guitar, hammered dulcimer, ukulele and accordion, to explore how they have made their way around the world and developed into locally meaningful tools of expression.
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How Hybrid? (Part 1) - Introduction
12:00 PM.Megan Collins introduces her series How Hybrid? Global Music Mixtures with a programme looking at the globalisation of five instruments. Read more Audio
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How Hybrid? (Part 2) - Violins and Fiddles
12:00 PM.Megan Collins focuses in on the violin and the way its portability led to its appearing around the world in different guises. Read more Audio
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How Hybrid? (Part 3) - Guitars
12:00 PM.Megan Collins explores the popularity of the guitar and the different versions that are found around the world. Read more Audio
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How Hybrid? (Part 4) - The Hammered Dulcimer
12:00 PM.Hammered dulcimers are perhaps lesser known than the other instruments featured this week. Megan Collins introduces several variations. Read more Audio
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How Hybrid? (Part 5) - Ukuleles
12:00 PM.The humble ukulele is one of the most travelled instruments in the world. Megan Collins explores all the places it has ended up. Read more Audio
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How Hybrid? (Part 6) - Accordions
12:00 PM.In the final programme of her series on the globalisation of instruments, Megan Collins takes a look at the accordion. Read more Audio
