EXTRA 56 / Lithofoner
Lithofoner
Mange steder i verden spilles på sten, lithos.
Nogle lithofoner er meget gamle, som 'Talempong Batu' fra det vestlige Sumatra, som oprindeligt er blevet brugt som signal til beboerne i de nærliggende landsbyer. Instrumentet består af seks store stemte stenstave som anslås med en sten.
Læs mere om lithofonen på Sumatra.
Hos bolivianske indianere i Andesbjergene fandt den engelske musiketnolog Henry Stobart denne myte om 'den klingende sten':
"When the sun was about to rise for the very first time, God and his brother Supay made a bet. The one whose cockerel crowed first would be the win-ner.As the sun climbed into the sky God's black rooster triumphantly cried out KUKURUKU! Suddenly, with a resounding KUN! the defeated Supay and his red rooster vanished. They entered certain large rocks and deep into the earth, where they remain to this day. This is why these rocks ring like bells when struck with a stone and cry out of their own accord during nights od the full moon. They are the bells of the inner earth."
(Kruth og Stobart s. 1). (Gengivet med tilladelse fra Henry Stobart)
