. Musical instruments . . 119 At the present day the people twang the biiche with aquill ; hut in olden time it was played thus :—The performer,having placed the instrunifnt on a table, twanged the stringswith the thumb ot his right hand, while lu- used his left handin j)ressing down, bv means of a little stick, those stringswhich are placed over the frc-ts. and which, being tuned inunison, serve for |)roducing the melody. The other strings,tuned a fifth lower, were occasionally struck as an accompani-ment. Primitive in construction, and imperfect for our presentmusical per
. Musical instruments . . 119 At the present day the people twang the biiche with aquill ; hut in olden time it was played thus :—The performer,having placed the instrunifnt on a table, twanged the stringswith the thumb ot his right hand, while lu- used his left handin j)ressing down, bv means of a little stick, those stringswhich are placed over the frc-ts. and which, being tuned inunison, serve for |)roducing the melody. The other strings,tuned a fifth lower, were occasionally struck as an accompani-ment. Primitive in construction, and imperfect for our presentmusical performances as the Schcilholz is. it ne\-ertheless isinteresting, not only on account of its popularity three cen-turies ago. but also because it is the ])rototyi)e of the hori-zontal cither, which has come somewhat into vogue in the lastcentury. The m )st popular played with a bow, in theseventeenth century, were the treble-viol, the tenor-viol, andthe bass-viol. It was usual for viol players to have a chestof v
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