FEATURES OF FORMING AND DEVELOPING THE REPERTOIRE FOR A MIXED ENSEMBLE OF RUSSIAN FOLK INSTRUMENTS

DOI: 10.36871/hon.202201004

Authors

M. I. Imkhanitsky
Gnesins Russian Acadеmy of Music, Moscow, Russian Federation; Russian State Specialized Academy of Arts, Moscow, Russian Federation
M. I. Sharabarin
Belgorod State Institute of Arts and Culture, Belgorod, Russian Federation

Abstract

This article explores the insufficiently developed questions of the formation of the repertoire for mixed Russian folk ensembles in concert-pedagogical practice from its inception to the present day. Special attention is paid to the issues of combining sharped and short-tempered instruments such as domra, balalaika, gusli, on the one hand, and soft long-sounding instruments, such as various types of harmonics and especially their most perfect types — bayans, on the other. In creating a special multi-timbre sound, a significant role is assigned to exploring new playing techniques, overcoming the one-dimensional discreteness or sluggishness of pre-consonant sound studies in mono-timbre ensembles by introducing new techniques that contrast with the character of the instruments.

Keywords

mixed ensemble, types of sound formation, specificity of sound science, harmonics, domra, balalaika