INTRODUCTIONETHNO WORLD 4 PROFESSIONAL has been produced by award-winning film composer Marcel Barsotti („Das Wunder von Bern“, „Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen“, „Rennschwein Rudi Rüssel 2“, „Kebab Connection“, „Wo ist Fred?“, „Grüne Wüste“, „Dolphins“, „Sirga the Lioness“ and „The Poet“). He has composed music for more than 80 cinema movies, television films and advertise-ments, and his musicians have been placed in the charts several times.ETHNO WORLD 4 PROFESSIONAL contains more than 200 professionally recorded ethnic instruments and more than 14.000 high quality samples in the following categories: Bowed ins-truments, stringed instruments, woodwinds and brass, key instruments, bell type instruments, me-tal type instruments, , world percussion, gongs and bowls, and the new category of voices. Therefore, ETHNO WORLD 4 PROFESSIONAL with its 9.5 giga-bytes of samples is one of the most extensive ethnic library in the world.New in ETHNO WORLD 4 PROFESSIONAL is

for for example a complete Morin Khuur string ensemble (Mongolia). It is now possible to create a whole string arrangement with up to 9 key swit-ches, similar to large orchestra libraries.Many instruments from all continents can be played, for example Saron, Tibetan Bells, Saz,

Kantele, Irish Flutes, Military Cassa, Angklung, Egyptian Fiddle, Erhu, Gaohu, Scale Changer Har-monium, Bouzouki, Santoor, Hulusi, Dung Dkar Horns, Cajon, Balafon, Western Fiddle, Monochord, Irish Flutes and the new Duduk, Dvojacka, Hotchi-ku, Shakuhachi, Fujara, Ciaramella, Mankosedda, Jews Harp and Launeddas. Also included are the well known Indian string Instruments Dilruba and Esraj. Unique and for the first time for EW4 are a Mongo-lian choir, Overtone Singing, and individual female and male voices. Altogether, there are 1400 licks and loops of outstanding quality and playability.All ETHNO WORLD 4 PROFESSIONAL instru-ments and voices are played by renowned musi-cians under the direction of Andreas Hofner and Marcel Barsotti - Egschiglen Ensemble, Sandro Friedrich, Sandro Hussel, Enrique Ugarte, Raoul Alvarellos, Seref Dalyanoglu, Fabian Roemer, Tom Hake and many more.ETHNO WORLD 4 PROFESSIONAL, along with the new Kontakt 2 Player, are entering a new dimen-sion with their progressive programming: with EW4 it is now possible for the first time to transpose all in-strument licks and playing styles into any chosen key using the Elastic Audio Engine „Time Machine II“. All drum and percussion loops can be played in all tempi with the beat machine II and each individual loop is completely free to be programmed in all para-meters. Using the „sample start offset“ it is possible to select the point when a lick starts playing. A Lega-to Modus is now available for solo instruments - very effective for instance with woodwind. With the Hu-manize Modus each new note can be given a slightly altered timbre. makes the greatest diversity of ethnic tunings and scales possible. With ETHNO WORLD 4 PROFESSIONAL it is now possible to program in an entire orchestra.Just listen to the Demo!

I hope users all over the world will find much enjoyment, plenty of inspiration and musical creativity in the musical transfor-

mation of ethnic and other styles.

Marcel Barsotti

Welcome to the KontaKt-Instrument ethno World 4 ProfessIonal produced by Marcel Barsotti

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The New INsTRUmeNTs fROm eThNO wORlD 4

BoWed Instruments: Morin Khuur Violin, Morin Khuur Strings Ensem-ble, Ih Khuur Bass, Esray, Dilruba.

strInged Instruments: Joochin (Dulzimer)

WoodWInds & Brass: Various Ocarinas, Tin Whistle and Low Whistle Licks, Shakuhachi, Pinkillo, Mancosedda, Lau-neddas, Crumhorn, Hotchiku, Fujara Overtone Flute, Irish Traverse Flute, Dvojacka Double Flute, Duduk, Didgeridoo, Ciaramella.

VoIcesMongolian Vocal Ensemble, Male Subtone Vocals, Male Solo Vocals, Male Khoomii Overtone Vocals, Female Solo Vocals.

World PercussIon: Mongolian Jews Harp, Mongolian Gong, Mongoli-an Framedrum, Hengereg Drum, Mongolian Bones Shaker, Jews Harp.

The sOUND CONCePTAlmost all instruments were recorded in stereo with various tempos. For sound reasons, several flutes were sampled in mono. Very often flutes do sound smoother and richer in mono. All instruments have been recorded with the finest state-of-the-art tube technology and then mastered with professional high quality plug-ins. Great care has been exercis-ed to transmit the authenticity of the instruments. This sometimes means that original melodies are sampled with some unavoidable sounds and noises. The reference tuning is set at 440 Hz.

hOw TO Use The INsTRUmeNTs

The instruments can be used as they would be in a „normal“ orchestra.For this reason there are different groups such as bell type instruments, bowed instruments, cons-truction sets, gongs and bowls, key instruments, voices, construction sets, metal type instruments, stringed instruments, woodwinds and brass, world drums and world percussion. The instruments sound extremely dynamic and natural. You will hear the swish of vibrating strings and in addition there is an effects bank that lets you combine the specific noises of an instrument with the basic in-strument sound. In the main program many instruments are equip-ped with dimension keys. Via keys they let you select the different playing styles of the instrument. Some of the instruments are programmed with up to 14 dimension keys and playing styles. For a cer-tain instrument, the dimension keys allow you to change the playing styles like piano/forte, marcato, pizzicato, tremolo, glissandi, slides, mordent, trills and many more. With precise programming, one will no longer be able to differentiate between the Ethno World instruments and „real“ instruments. In addition, there are many different loops, licks and effects in all tempos. Ethno World 4 Profes-sional can be used within many different stylistic contexts.

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ABBReVIATIONsBM BeatmachineTM TimemachineCH ChordsDT Double ToneESP EspressivoF ForteFG FingerstyleFX EffectGL GlissandoLK LickLP Looped ProgramsNV Non VibratoORIG Original TuneP PianoPL played with PlectrumPLF Plectrum FortePLP Plectrum PianoPS Playing StylesPT Pitched VersionPZ PizzicatoS SoloSD Slide DownSL SlidesSP SlapsSTAC StaccatoSTF Staccato ForteSTK played with SticksSTP Staccato PianoSU Slide upTR TremoloTRL TrillVIB VibratoVEL Velocity SwitchMOD Modulation Wheel

Bell & meTAl TYPe INsTRUmeNTs

Here are some very unusual instruments from around the world. They all have varying dynamics, playing styles and loops.

Hugh Tracey Kalimba

Kalimba Kibirizi Tuning PlatesNew in Ethno World 4: The MONGOLIAN JEWS HARP and the Hungarian Jews Harp played by Sandro Friedrich, with unique loops.

the saronThe Saron is a Gamelan Glockenspiel from Lom-bok (1 octave).

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ABBReVIATIONsBM BeatmachineTM TimemachineCH ChordsDT Double ToneESP EspressivoF ForteFG FingerstyleFX EffectGL GlissandoLK LickLP Looped ProgramsNV Non VibratoORIG Original TuneP PianoPL played with PlectrumPLF Plectrum FortePLP Plectrum PianoPS Playing StylesPT Pitched VersionPZ PizzicatoS SoloSD Slide DownSL SlidesSP SlapsSTAC StaccatoSTF Staccato ForteSTK played with SticksSTP Staccato PianoSU Slide upTR TremoloTRL TrillVIB VibratoVEL Velocity SwitchMOD Modulation Wheel

Bell & meTAl TYPe INsTRUmeNTs

Here are some very unusual instruments from around the world. They all have varying dynamics, playing styles and loops.

Hugh Tracey Kalimba

Kalimba Kibirizi Tuning PlatesNew in Ethno World 4: The MONGOLIAN JEWS HARP and the Hungarian Jews Harp played by Sandro Friedrich, with unique loops.

the saronThe Saron is a Gamelan Glockenspiel from Lom-bok (1 octave).

Gamelan Crash Bells (Lombok) & Saron (Gamelan Glockenspiel (Lombok) & Gamelan Wood Cowbell (Indonesia)

KalImBasThe Kalimbas (African plucked instruments, here with 5 and 15 small metal rods) include program-mes in the original tuning and in the European half tone tuning.

Kalimba & Tamborc & Gopichand

more Bell InstrumentsA selection of ethnic bell instruments is available as well as Tibetan singing bells, which are played with a rubber-coated stick. There are temple cym-bals from China and Tibet and bells from Burma. You will find European instruments, such as a Me-tallophone, a chromatic 2 octave Glockenspiel, and small tubular bells. These too have varying dynamics. A few more unusual instruments are the Shanghai baby piano (its little wooden clappers fall on to longer metal rods), a bamboo vibraphone with synthetically produced tremolo.

Shanghai Baby Piano (China)Also included are a Gamelan crashbell, where four firmly fixed cymbals are hit by two cymbals, and the Dreamcatchers, which are very much like windchimes.

Gamelan Crash Bells (Lombok)Here are some very unusual instruments from around the world. They all have varying dynamics, playing styles, loops and pitch programmes.

Tibetan Temple Cymbals

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Tibetan Singing Bells

Military Cymbals

Metallophon (Germany) & Chromatic Glockenspiel (Germa-ny) & Small Bamboo Vibraphon (Synth. Tremolo.

GONGs & BOwlsFrom the instrument family of the Gongs, there are instruments such as the Wuhan Tam Tam from China, the Java Gong with a diameter of 80 Cen-timeters (approx. 31 inches) and the Tam Tam Be-sar from Indonesia. New in Ethno World 4 is the MONGOLIAN GONG.

TamTam Besar & Wuhan am Tam & Java Gong

Gong Besar 18“There is also a large collection of Singing Bowls at your disposal: Big Rako Bowls, Big Tibetan Sin-

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ging Bowls from Tibet and Rin Bowls from Japan in different playing styles and sizes. From Indonesia is the Gong Besar with a deep curve at the back.

Rin Bowls

Big Tibetan Singing Bowls

BigRako Singing Bowls,

BOweD INsTRUmeNTs

erHu

Small Erhu Plectrum Violin & Erhu Plectrum Violin & Ceylon Guitar.

In China the Erhu, Gaohu and Jinghu (Chinese opera violin) are traditional bowed instruments. The Erhu is a two-string violin tuned in fifths. It has no frets and no fingerboard and is being played with a fixed bow stick.

JInGHu operA vIolIn

The little Jinghu is a Chinese soprano violin which is used in Beijing opera music.

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GAoHu

Erhu & GaohuThe Gaohu is an Erhu which plays in a higher key.

morIn KHuur vIolIn

Dra-Ngen (left) & Morin Khuur (right)The morin khuur sounds like a violin, but it has a trapezoidal body, a fretless neck and is strung with two horsehair strings. It was already being played in imperial palaces in the 12th century. The instru-ment is played with the fingernails or fingertips. It sounds a bit like a viola or a cello, but it can also be played in the higher violin ranges.

IH KHuur bAss

The bass morin khur is a bigger version of the mo-rin khuur and plays in range and in sound like a traditional double bass.

dIlrubA

The dilruba is similar to the esraj, but has a larger resonance box, an angular body and is strung with

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20 instead of 15 resonance strings. This gives it a louder and fuller sound. (Ist hier Dilruba oder Esraj gemeint?) As with the esraj, the (ground base tone?) is tuned in between C and D.

esrAJ

The Esraj (also known as israj or dilruba) is a string instrument found in two forms in India. Esraj and Dilruba have a very similar structure. Each has a si-tar-like neck with 20 metal frets, and the neck holds a wooden rack with 12-15 sympathetic strings. The dilruba has more sympathetic strings and a diffe-rently shaped body than the esraj, but they both have four main strings which are bowed. All strings are metal, and the soundboard is a stretched piece of goatskin. The neck is played with a bow, with the other hand moving along the strings above the frets. The player may slide the note up or down to achieve the portamento, or meend, characteristic of Indian music.

eGyptIAn FIddle

The Egyptian Fiddle does have a fingerboard and two strings but no frets. It has a high pitched sound and tends towards a hollow, nasal sound.

western FIddleThe Western Fiddle is a bowed instrument very similar to the Violin. The Fiddle differs from the classical Violin in the way that it is played and in the musical style in which it is played.

sTRINGeD INsTRUmeNTs

Contra Guitar F-Bass

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JoocHIn (dulcImer)The Joochin is a larger string instrument, similar to the European zither. It is played with different hammers, which gives it the typical choral sound.

cHInese erHu

Chinese Erhu & Gaohu

The Chinese Erhu violin (2 strings) was played with a plectrum and is played in two different ways: on the left half of the keyboard (E1 to C3) you can hear the first string with varying dynamics and the drone can be played from C1 to D1; on the right half of the keyboard (D3 to A4) you can play the melody line on the second string.

smAll erHu plectrum vIolIn & ceylonese GuItAr

The Small Erhu plectrum violin and the Ceylonese guitar (2 strings with fingerboard) behave similar-ly, but they are more suited to an Arabian style.

KAntele

Kantele & Small-KanteleThe Kantele (developed from the dulcimer) has

15 strings, and it has an F tuning. It is played by plucking or tapping with sticks (as is the small Kantele).

bAnJo & truxA mAndolIn

Banjo Framus & Saz Seven StringsThere is also a banjo and a Truxa mandolin, which can be used for East Asian, European and Arabian styles.

bouzouKIThe Bouzouk from Greece is a guitar-like instru-ment with 4 double courses, which is well known for its use of tremolo-style in Greek folk music (Alexis Zorbas).

Bouzouki & Zsoura

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zHenG HArp

The Zheng Harp (Chinese curved base Zither) is similar to the Japanese Koto. It is a harp with a size of approximately 2 Meters and its 21 strings are tuned diatonically. The Zheng´s particular vibrato is produced with the left hand close to the bridge.

sIx-strInGed steel GuItArThere is a six-stringed steel guitar with slide notes and Effects

zsourAThe Zsoura is a small three voice Bouzouki which is very well suited as a solo instrument because of its higher pitch.

sItAr & tAmpurA

Sitar (left) & Taboura (right)The Sitar and the Tampura are the most famous stringed instruments from India. The standard Sitar has 7 main strings and 11 freely vibrating sympa-thetic strings for harmonics. The Tampura, used as an accompaniment instrument for Raga singing or together with Sitar, consists of 5 strings without a fingerboard. It is played with a glissando chord and tuned to keynote and fifth (fourth).

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drA-nGen

The Dra-Ngen is a 7 string kerb lute with matching half octave string originating from Bhutan.

bAlAlAIKA & domrAThe Balalaika and the Domra are both from Rus-sia. The Balalaika is tuned in E-E-A and is mostly played with a tremolo. The accompaniment, the Domra, originally comes from Mongolia. It is a small plucked guitar tuned in fifths. It can be built in several different styles.

Timple & Domra

tImpleThe Timple is the traditional 5 string guitar from Lanzarote. It is similar to the Ukulele.

oud

The Oud originally comes from the geographical area of Persia and is a short-necked lute with up to 6 double courses. Due to its fretless fingerboard it can be played in micro-intervals.

uKuleleThe Ukulele from Hawaii is a small 4 string guitar tuned to A-D-F#-B (a soprano version is featured here).

Banjolin (upper) Ukulele (Lower)

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bAnJolInThe Banjolin has existed since 1885 and is also known as the Banjo Mandolin. It is mandolin with 4 double courses tuned to G-D-A- E. It is played with a banjo corpus.

sAntoor

Santoor SaberiThe 72 string Santoor is a 4-voice zither from Per-sia which is played with two hammers over a tonal range of 3 octaves.

corA

The Cora, a harp-like stringed instrument from West Africa, features 8 to 16 strings that can be tu-ned over a bridge. The strings are fixed without a fingerboard, and are plucked with several fingers.

vester AcoustIcbAss

The Vester Acousticbass is an acoustic 4-string bass guitar which is tuned to E-A-D-G.

contInentAl resonAtor GuItAr

This resonator guitar made by Continental from Germany is a tin guitar which is brought to re-sonance with the „resonator cone“. Its sound is slightly tinny and aggressive. The instrument often is played with the slide technique.

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cümbüs

The Cümbüs is a Turkish long-neck lute with a cir-cular metal bowl resonator covered with a screw-tensioned hide sound table. It resembles a Banjo, only with a deeper bowl resonator and a wider un-fretted neck; its sound is deeper. It has six double courses (pairs) of metal strings attached to metal machine tuning heads. It is tuned (and played) with a quill or a plectrum, like the oud.

tAnbur

Tanbour & OudThe Tanbur, a long-neck lute from the Middle East, is played with a pick (plectrum) just like a Man-dolin.

sAz

The Saz or Baglama is a Turkish long-neck lute with seven strings and frets. Despite its shape which is similar to the Greek Bouzouki, it is dif-ferent in construction, size and sound. The Saz is the most popular string instrument in Turkey. The word „Saz“ originates in the Persian language and simply means „musical instrument“. It is the tradi-tional accompanying instrument of the bards who are called Asik in Anatolia and the Caucasian re-gionand is played in an open tuning. „Slaps“ is a further playing style available here.

GrAnd monocHord

The sound bench on this recording is being used in the Contexts of relaxation and wellness, birth pre-paration, in kindergartens and in schools. The 50 strings running over two well rounded frets found their way from the cembalo to this instrument; they guarantee a very warm, pleasant and deep sound with rich harmonics.

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wOODwIND AND BRAss

Top to bottom: Bamboo Flute. Irish Low Whistle. Re-corder Alto F. Dagoba Flute. Susato Tin Whistle

fujara

The Slovakian Fujara - like many flutes an instru-ment of the cattle drovers - is made from elder. Af-ter removing the soft pulp, the two elder tubes (one up to 170 cm/67 inches long, the other significantly shorter) are attached to each other. The long tube is fitted with a labium and three gripholes, the shorter tube gets a mouthpiece which is used to blow the flute.

dvoJAcKAThe dvojacka is a double flute / overtone flute from Slovakia. It has a quarter of the length of the fuja-ra and therefore these instruments can be played together. The musical possibilities include double-flute-melodies and overtone flute techniques simi-lar to the ones used on the fujara.

IrIsH trAverse Flute

A keyless Irish flute with an ebony body and a silver head with an ebonite lip plate, made in County Clare. This style of flute has become popular in Ireland in the last 50 years, but was originally based on the German “reform flute”. Its rich sound has become an unmista-keable part of traditional Irish music.

pInKIllo

The pinkillo is a fipple flute from the South American Andes. It is typically 30 - 40cm in length and made from bamboo or reed. The range is usually two octaves.

dIdGerIdooThe didgeridoo is a wind instrument from the Australian Aborigines. By slightly changing the position of the mouth, the player can influence the overtone spectrum of the sound. The instrument is mostly played with circular breathing, a technique which enables continuous sound.

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ocArInAs

Ocarinas are fipple flutes made from clay with a non-cylindrical hollow which enables various fin-gering techniques. They originate in Italy, where traditional instrument makers construct them in many different sizes. The range is usually one oc-tave and three tones.

duduK

The duduk is a double-reed instrument from Arme-nia. Its huge reed which gives the instrument its voice-like, mournful sound, is made from an indi-genous reed. The body of the instrument is usually made from aged apricot wood. The range is one octave.

sHAKuHAcHI

The shakuhachi is a Japanese end notch flute, usu-ally made from bamboo. The open notch makes it more difficult to play but more versatile in sound variations. It was originally used by the members of a sect of Zen Buddhism as a part of their medita-tion. The range is two octaves and three tones.

HotcHIKu

This is the big brother of the shakuhachi. It requires the same playing techniques and has similar sound characteristics as the shakuhachi, but it is about 2.3 feet in length and therefore lower in pitch.

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cIArAmellA

The ciaramella is a shawm from the Abbruzze mountains of Italy. It is a double- reed instrument of about 1 foot of length with an unmistakable loud nasal sound and a range of one octave. Traditio-nally it is played around Christmas time together with the Italian zampogna (bagpipes).

lAuneddAs

The Sardinian launeddas consist of three single pipes made of reed: two five-holed chanters and a drone. They are played with circular breathing and are still used for religious ceremonies and dances. The range is one octave.

mAncoseddALike the launeddas, its origins lie in Sardinia. It is a single-reed instrument with similar sound cha-racteristics, but unlike the launeddas it has up to seven holes which makes it more useful for com-plex melodies and gives it an extended range of one octave.

crumHorn

The Crumhorn with its rather duck-like sound qua-lity is a double-reed instrument from the European Renaissance, where such instruments were often played in groups of different sizes. The doublereed itself is hidden in a closed cap.

tIn wHIstle

The tin whistle is an Irish fipple flute made of metal which usually has a range of two octaves and four tones. The particular decoration techniques and slurs make its sound unmistakeable.

low wHIstleThe low whistle might be encountered a bit less often than the tin whistle in traditional Irish music, but it has a richer sound. It is often used in slow airs.

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bAwu

The Bawu is a smooth and mellow sounding Chi-nese bamboo flute with 5 holes. Its sound is produ-ced by a copper reed.

QuenA & moceno Flute

The Quena and the Moceno Flute both are South American end notch flutes from Bolivia. Their characteristically powerful and airy sound is a bit similar to the Shakuhachi.

sHenG

The Sheng also known as mouth organ, comes from China as well, and its sound is similar to a blow organ. The sound is produced by 30 bamboo tubes with valves. The Sheng covers a tonal range of approx. 3 octaves.

HulusI

The Chinese Hulusi (pic2 Chinese Hulusi) is a 6 hole double tube flute with a bamboo body in the shape of a pumpkin. Its sound is warm and clear.

sHIvA FluteThe Shiva Flute is played by Indian preachers. This brass flute has a very transparent and high pitch sound.

europeAn tenor recorderThe European Tenor Recorder starts at C minor and belongs to the instrument family of recorders.

HAwAIIAn sHellHornThe Hawaiian Shellhorn is a shell-like horn flute from Hawaii.

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peruvIAn ocArInAs

The Peruvian Ocarinas are made from clay and are, as their name implies, from Peru.

rAG dun Horn

The Rag Dun Horn is often played at ceremonies. It comes from the Himalayas and shows similari-ties with the European Alphorn, but it sounds much louder and more metallic than its European coun-terpart. There are Rag Dun Horn versions of up to 3 Meters (approx. 9 ft.) length.

dunG dKAr concH trumpet

The Dung Dkar Conch Trumpet from the Himalayas is a shell-like trumpet with rich ornamentation.

IndIAn sHenAIThe Indian Shenai is a double reed flute and it is very similar to the Schalmei from Morocco. It starts at G# and sounds very loud and harsh.

zuKrA bAGpIpe

The Zukra Bagpipe, a Tunisian bagpipe, is a dou-ble reed flute with a kid-leather body. By power-fully blowing into the instrument it works like a bagpipe.

uIlleAnn pIpes

Uilleann Pipes Irish & Overton WhistlesUilleann Pipes is the name for the Irish bagpipe. Uilleann is the gaelic word for elbow. The name came from the fact that the Uillean Pipes get sup-plied with air not with the mouth, but by a bellow which is compressed with the elbow.

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pAn Flute

The Pan Flute - named after Pan, god of the she-perds. The sound of this instrument originates from an airstream which is directed to a sharp edge that cuts this airstream (on its cutting edge). All over the world Pan Flutes developed in different cul-tures more than 6000 years ago. Today the very airy sounding Pan Flutes from South America are famous, especially the ones from the Andes with their tubes aligned in one row.

overton IrIsH wHIstlesOverton Whistles are handmade Irish aluminium whistles. Three whistles are combined to one inst-rument to achieve a greater range.

vArIous woodwIndsAll the woodwind instruments have tapered notes, some with and some without vibrato. The following instruments are included: an Indian and a Ceylone-se snake charmer and a double neck recorder made from a pumpkin, which always plays two notes at once like a bagpipe. There is, however, a program-me that lets you play on just one recorder neck at a time. With its loop version you can imitate Irish pipes. There is a big bamboo flute from Indonesia for warm sounds and for a strong ethnic flute cha-racter, a Mexican piccolo, a clay ocarina from Peru, a Dagoba (temple) flute from Sri Lan-ka and an alto recorder in F. In addition, there is a good selection of flute phrases and effects for the musical regions of East Asia and South America.

wORlD DRUmsAll drums have two or more dynamics on each key and all loops are in beatmachine-mode. Many programs contain single samples in addition to the loops to imitate a phrase realistically.

Derbuka & Small Derbuka & Iran Bongos

Talking Drum & Dolek & Fujara Flute

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monGolIAn HenGereG drum And monGolIAn FrAmedrum

Mongolian Hengereg Drum

Mongolian FramedrumThese traditional drums stem from the classic inst-rument collections of Mongolian folk groups. The Mongolian Hengereg Drum, often sparkling with colour, is a bass drum played with wooden drum-sticks.

AFrIcAn donn donnThe African Donn Donn is a tin drum with a cow hide skin and is especially recommended for Afri-can and Indian grooves.

Big African Donn Donn Drum & Madal Drum & Ce-remony Drum

mAdAl drumThe Madal drum originally comes from Nepal. It has different sized drum skins on each side and can be tuned with wooden keys on interlaced skins.

GrAn mIlItAry cAssA

bAlI ceremonIAl drumThis ceremonial drum comes from Bali

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Water Drums

IrAnIAn bonGosIranian bongos are very small and made from so-lid wood. Their sound is loud and high pitched and they are played with sticks.

metAl dArAbuKA / dArAbuKAFor typical ethnic grooves there is a metal Darabu-ka from Turkey, not to be mistaken for Derbukas, which are from Morocco and have a clay body (ge-nerally higher pitched).

tunIs ceremony drum & tunIs tAmburIn

Also from Tunisia are the Tunis Ceremony Drum and the Tunis Tamburin.

Tunis Ceremony Drum & Tunis Tamburin & Bendir

bendIrThe Bendir from Tunisia is similar to the Irish

Bodhran. Its characteristic sound is produced by two cords inside the drum.

bAss cAJon & yAmbu

Bass CajonThe Bass Cajon and the Yambu are two large drums from Peru and Cuba which both have a wooden head. They were used to urge slaves to work.

dJembe

Moroccon Conga & Djembe & TDrumThe Djembe is a drum originating from Moroccon Guinea and Mali. It has a batter head made from

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goat skin and it offers a rich sound palette.

smAll cAssAThe Small Cassa has a very low and mighty sound, well suited to produce big drum grooves of all styles. There is also the big hand drum for all play-ing styles, a tambourine drum and a headless tam-bourine with rolls and crescendi, brass tablas from India, low pitched timbales and grooves, etc.

KAnJIrA

Kanjira - a simple South Indian frame drum which is hit only with the right hand. Nevertheless it pro-vides an astounding variety of sounds. By keeping the skin moist one gets a remarkable bass sound.

surdo

This big Samba drum from Brazil is playedwith heavy sticks. It provides the basic rhythm forthe Samba and is constructed from a large alumini-um kettle, strung with two plastic skins.

wORlD PeRCUssIONHere are some very unusual instruments such as the Angklung from Indonesia. Varying woods in diatonic tuning are shaken to achieve a kind of tre-molo sound. This instrument can sound quite East Asian, but can also be used as a kind of Russian balalaika.

Rainmakers, Chicken Eggs, Afuche Cabasa, Various Maracas

Furthermore there is the wide selection of playing techniques and loops of shaker-like percussion in-struments such as the African rice shaker (a rice filled rectangular bamboo board), an Afuche Caba-sa with metal chains, South American rainmakers in varying sizes, chicken eggs and maracas from Africa and America, Jews Harps and many more.

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Baobab Shaker & Cola Shaker & Rattle Shakers & Eggs & Wood Shaker & Small Maracas & Metal Guiro Shaker

GopIcHAndThe Gopichand is a plucked drum from Bengal. It is made of two longitudinal wooden sticks and a body which changes its pitch whenever an internal string is being compressed.

cHI GonG bAllsChi Gong balls from China, which are traditionally used for hand meditation, a Gamelan wooden bell, two hand cymbals from Europe and many other percussion instruments from around the world.

bAlAFon & AFrIcAn xylopHone

The Balafon and the African Xylophone both are from Senegal, they are the counterpart to the Euro-pean Xylophone. The Balafon exists in versions of different size. The resonance of the sound boards is transmitted over pumpkins cut in half.

monGolIAn bones sHAKer

New in Ethno World 4.

KeY INsTRUmeNTs

scAle cHAnGer HArmonIum

The Scale Changer Harmonium was first introdu-ced to India by the missionaries. It is brought to resonance with a stream of air. The whole keyboard can be shifted, and thereby the key note is adjus-table from G# to E. An organ sound can also be added.

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dAllApe AccordIon

The Dallape Accordion from Italy is a 3 octave wide accordion with keys.

HoHner melodIcA

The Hohner Melodica is a keyboard-like reed in-strument from Germany and features a scale of 2 octaves.

VOICesBesides the Khoomii overtone singing, Ethno World 4 also includes various male and female solo voices from Mongolia and a Mongolian Choir.

KHoomII overtone sInGInGKhoomii singing is the typical Mongolian overto-ne singing. This unique, ethnic sounding way of singing is created by combining abdominal, dia-phragm and chest breathing. By varying the re-sonance of the mouth cavity and with stronger air compression it is possible to create melodies. The three basic Khoomii techniques are chest khoomii, throat khoomii and kharkhira khoomii.

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BIOGRAPhIes

mArcel bArsottI tHe producer

Marcel Barsotti has been one of the most suc-cessful film composers in Germany for over 10 years. Many of his by now more than 60 film compositions have become popular cinema mu-sic hits – ‘Das Wunder von Bern’, ‘Deutschland. Ein Sommermarchen’, ‘Rennschwein Rudi Russel 2’, ‘Kebab Connection’, ‘Wo ist Fred?’, ‘Gruene Wuste’ and ‘Dolphins’. On the international sce-ne, he composed music for the award-winning film productions ‘Sirga the Lioness’ and ‘The Poet’. Barsotti has worked together with Luc Besson Production, Carl Schenkel, Caroline Link, Sonke Wortmann, Gunter Rohrbach, Josee Dayan, Paul Hills, Hark Bohm, Gus Trikonis and Harold Falter-meyer, among others. Marcel Barsotti is also responsible for many ad-vertising tunes and world wide corporate signature tunes, such as ‘RTL2’, ‘SOS Children’s Villages’ and ‘Concorde Film Distribution’. Michael Barsotti holds film music workshops in Europe, and he is a member of the German com-posers’ association, the Composer Club, and a member of the German Film Academy jury. He gained two nominations for the German Television Awards in 2004, and in 2005 the Designer Award for best advertising music.In 2005, he founded the film music label THE SCORE Record Company with Stefan Broedner. Besides his film composing activities, he publis-hed his first library for ethnic instruments, ‘Ethno

World’, in 2000. Together with Ethno World Volu-me 4, this has become one of the most successful ethnic DVD Libraries in the world.

MARCEL BARSOTTIFilmmusic Composer

THE SCORE Record Company

BAM Music PublishingGermany

barsotti@t-online.dewww.marcelbarsotti.com

AndreAs HoFner

Andreas Hofner has been working as an indepen-dent composer and music producer in Munich for more than 20 years. After having piano, guitar and saxophone lessons, he acquired his own music and studio know how. He has written several radio jingles, music for many commercial films and advertising spots, and also title music and scores for several television productions. In the pop sphere he has worked suc-cessfully with THE LES HUMPHRIES SINGERS, JURGEN DREWS and PETER SCHILLING, participating successfully in the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest.

ARTMAN MUSICAndreas Hofner

www.artman-music.de

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sAndro Hussel

As a musician, producer and luthier, Sandro Hus-sel has always had a special interest in string and percussion instruments from the Far East, Africa and Eastern Europe. It is these instruments which serve him as a source of inspiration, and meet his requirements for authenticity, originality and inten-sity. Sandro Hussel’s main workshop is Woodstage Studio in Zurich, an insider-tip for creative sound production, which brings natural sound resources and digital technology together in perfect harmony. Aside from his own projects, he also works with artists such as Lee “Scratch” Perry and Betty Leg-ler, and is also available for commercial and film-music projects.

Woodstage sound studio Sandro Hussel Baslerstrasse 51

8048 Zürich

Mobile 0041 (0)78 912 45 790049 44 731 11 18

0049 44 492 95 19Email . Woodstage@bluewin.ch

sAndro FrIedrIcH

Sandro Friedrich started his education with ear-ly music. For over 20 years he has been working with instruments and music of many cultures. His skills have grown to include an astonishing spec-trum of over 120 different wind instruments. His musical styles vary from world music, rock, folk, and pop, to techno/trance, from chill-out to film music. For over 10 years he performed with his own band ACANTO (3CD‘s, awards, concerts, festivals, radio and TV appearances). As a studio musician he has recorded with well-known Swiss musicians such as Andreas Vollenweider and Dodo Hug. He has recorded film music with composers such as Enjott Schneider („Die Flucht“), Andre Matthias („The Drummer“), Sebastian Pille, And-reas Weidinger („Rosamunde Pilcher: Wiedersehen am Shannon River“) and others. A wide spectrum of studio jobs on over 20 international CD‘s, and recording sessions with Rue du Soleil (Café del Mar) and Uffe Savery from Safri Duo complete his studio experience. He also performs live in various bands and combinations. As musician and compo-ser his strength lies in the originality of his melodic lines, the power of his rhythmic grooves and his ability to competently and flexibly support diver-se musical atmospheres. His technical knowledge also enables recording jobs via internet in addition to traditional studio work. Please visit him at www.powerflute.ch for further information.

Im Bueeli 6 8864 ReichenburgSwitzerlandTel. & Fax: 0041 / 55 - 444 30 43

info@powerflute.ch www.powerflute.ch

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eGscHIGlen ensemble

Contemporary and traditional music and dance from Mongolia. The ensemble EGSCHIGLEN (“beauti-ful melody”) was founded in 1991 in Mongolia by master-class students at the Ulan Bator Conservatory. The core of the ensemble still consists of four of its founder members. From the outset these artists have placed their country’s contemporary music at the fo-refront and have systematically explored the sound dimensions of this repertoire with traditional instru-ments from Mongolia and with Central Asian song techniques. The name EGSCHIGLEN means “good sound” or “beautiful melody”. Tume (Tumenbayar Migdorj) and Tumru (Tumursaihan Yanlav) sing and play the horse head violin, the morin khuur, a string instrument with two horse hair strings which is played like a cello. Uugan (Uuganbaatar Tsend-Ochir) bows and plucks the bass. Solo singer Amra (Amartuwshin Baasandorj) sings in the khoomii style and plays the swan neck lute, the tobshuur. Khoomii is a specific kind of overtone singing, where lower tones and overtones are simultaneously modulated into a melody. Sara (Sarangel Tserevsamba) plays virtuoso dulcimer and is the female voice in the en-semble. EGSCHIGLEN’s music impresses with its variety and delicacy of expression. Khoomii singing, especially, is unbelievably amazing. Do these low and high notes really come from the throat at the same time? (indeed, they do!). The EGSCHIGLEN musicians transport us far away into the fascinating culture of their remote homeland, and at the same time into the common centre of human existence – beyond all cultural differences.

Ariunaa Tserendavaa: TanzTaivan Chimeddoo: moderation

egschiglen ensemble management: Birgit ellinghaus

heaven and earth - label & PublishingZwirnerstr. 26

D - 50678 Cologne

fon:0049.221.813211fax: 0049.221.811053

emaIl:label@albakultur.de birgit@albakultur.de

www.albakultur.de

CReDITs

Produced by

mArcel bArsottI AndreAs HoFner

Photos by

bAm musIc & rIcHArd AIcHer Recorded and mastered at

bAm musIc & ArtmAn musIc NI Kontakt script programming by

JoseF nAtterer

Additional Recording

enrIco coromInes

Design & graphic realisation by

mArcel bArsottI

& rIcHArd AIcHer

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The mUsICIANs fROm eThNO wORlD

mArcel bArsottIStringed instruments, drums & percussion, flutes

and key instruments

AndreAs HoFner Stringed instruments, drums & percussion, flutes

and key instruments

sAndro FrIedrIcH (www.powerflute.ch)

Various Ocarinas, Tin & Low Whistle Licks, Shakuhachi, Pinkillo, Mancosedda, Launeddas,

Crumhorn, Hotchiku, Fujara Overtone Flute, Irish Traverse Flute, Dvojacka, Double Flute, Duduk,

Didgeridoo, Ciaramella

sAndro HusselESRAJ, DILRUBA

tumenbAyAr mIGdorJ (from the Egschiglen Ensemble)

morin khuur, Vocals

tumursAIHAn yAnlAv(from the Egschiglen Ensemble)

morin khuur, Vocals

uuGAnbAAtAr tsend-ocHIr (from the Egschiglen Ensemble)

ih khuur bass

AmArtuwsHIn bAAsAndorJ(from the Egschiglen Ensemble)

khoomii Vocals, morin khuur

sArAnGel tserevsAmbA

(from the Egschiglen Ensemble)joochin (Dulzimer), Vocals

xIzHI nIe

Erhu, Gaohu, Jinghu, Bawu, Sheng, Hulusi, Melodica

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enrIQue uGArte

Accordion, Shenai

rAoul AlvArellos

Shiva flute, Tenor Recorder

dAvId JunIor

World percussion and drums

FAbIAn roemer

Moorin Khur Effects, Egyptian violin

recordInG sessIon

Enrico Coromines (Additional Recording), Andreas Hofner

and members of Egschiglen

pepe rocHAs

Kena, Mocéno Bassflute

AndreAs zoellnerRag Dun horns, Hawaiian Shell horn

wolFGAnG loHmeIerDrums, Percussion, Monochord

AndreAs weIdInGerVarious Bamboo- and European Flutes

tom HAKe

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Overtone Whistles and Uilleann Pipes

sereF dAlyAnoGluSaz, Oud, Cümbüs & Tanbur

clAus GstAtterWestern Fiddle

wolFGAnG KotzowIlIsMilitary Drums

bernHArd zellerAdditional Didgeridoo

specIAl tHAnKs to:

KlAus KAndler, GundI, reGInA, Alex, rolAnd, rIcHArd,

tHe musIc sHop crew, AndI, cHrIstoF, JoseF, FelI, FrAnz And All tHe GreAt musIcIAns!

lICeNse AGReemeNTThe samples and software contained in this library are licensed to you for use in music, multimedia and film productions only. Only the purchaser of this CD is authorized to use the sounds. Unautho-rized copying, reproduction (including conversion and reproduction in other data formats) hire, rental, public performance, broadcasting and distribution is expressly prohibited. best service constantly mo-nitors other soundware releases to check for copy-right infringements, and will prosecute all piracy and copyright violations to the fullest extent of the law. All rights by best service.

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Bell TYPe INsTRUmeNTsInstrument ew-Vol.Belltree 3Bhutan Bells 2China Finger Cymbals 1Chromatic Glockenspiel 1Gamelan Crash Bells 1Iran Fingercymbals 3Metallophon 1Mini Bells 2Saron Gamelan 1Shanghai Baby Piano 1Small Bamboo Vibraphon 1Small Burma Bells 1Small Tubular Bells 1Tibetan Singing Bells 1Tibetan Temple Cymbals 1Vietnam bells 2Windbells 3

BOweD INsTRUmeNTsInstrument ew-Vol.Dilruba 4Egyptian Fiddle 2Erhu 2Esraj 4Gaohu 2Ih Khuur Bass 4Jinghu 2Moorin Khur 2Morin Khuur Strings Ensemble 4Morin Khurr Violin 4Western Fiddle Licks 3

CONsTRUCTION seTsInstrument ew-Vol.China Set 100 3China Set 120 3

China Set 140 3Mid East Set 100 3Mid East Set 120 3Mid East Set 140 3Mid East Set 80 3

GONGs & BOwlsInstrument ew-Vol.Big Rako Bowls 2Big Tibetan Singing Bowls 2Gong Besar 18“ 1Java Gong 2Mongolian Gong 4Rin Bowls 2Tam Tam Besar 2Thai Gong 14“ 1Wuhan Tam Tam 2

KeY INsTRUmeNTInstrument ew-Vol.Dallape Accordion 2Melodica 2Scale Changer Harmonium India 2

meTAl TYPe INsTRUmeNTsInstrument ew-Vol.Bass Kalimba 2Cymbals 2Hand Cymbals 1Hugh Tracey Kalimba 3JEWS HARP 4Kalimba Kibirizi 15 tuning Plates 1Kalimba Kibirizi 5 tuning Plates 1Metal Squares 1Mongolian Jews Harp 4

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Instrument ew-Vol.Balalaika 2Banjo Framus 1Banjolin 2Bouzouki 2Ceylon Guitar 1Contra Guitar F - Bass 1Cora 2Cümbüs 3Domra 2Dra-Ngen 2Erhu Plectrum Violin 1Grand Monochord 3Kantele 1Mandolin Truxa 1Oud 2Oud Licks 3Resonator Guitar 2Santoor 2Saz Licks 3Saz Seven Strings 1Sitar 2Small Erhu Plectrum Violin 1Small Kantele 1Steel String Guitar Falcon 1Tampura 2Tanbur 3Timple 2Ukulele 2Vester Acousticbass 2Zheng 2Zsoura 2

VOICesInstrument ew-Vol.Female Solo Vocals 4Male Khoomii Overtone Vocals 4Male Solo Vocals 4Male Subtone Vocals 4Mongolian Vocal Ensemble 4

wOODwINDs & BRAssInstrument ew-Vol.Bamboo Flute 1Bawu 2Ceylon Snake Charmer 1Ciaramella 4Dagoba Flute 1Didgeridoo 4Duduk 4Dung Dkar Conch Trumpets 2Dvojacka Double Flute 4Fujara 3Fujara Overtone Flute 4Hotchiku 4Hulusi 2Indian Snake Charmer 1Irish Low Whistle 1Kena 2Crumhorn 4Launeddas 4Mancosedda 4Mexican Piccolo Flute 1Moceno 2Ocarina 1Overton Irish Whistle 3Overton Irish Whistle Licks 3Panflute 3Peruvian Ocarinas 2Pinkillo 4Rag Dun Horn 2Recorder Alto F 1Shakuhachi 4Shellhorn 2Shenai 2Sheng 2Shiva Flute 2Susato Tin Whistle D 1Tenor Recorder 2Tin Whistle & Low Whistle LIcks 4Uilleann Pipes 3Various Ocarinas 4Zukra Bagpipe 2

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wORlD DRUmsInstrument ew-Vol.Bass Cajon 2Bass Skin Udu 2Bendir 2Big African Donn Donn Drum 1Big hand Drum 1Ceremony Drum 1Darabuka 1Derbuka 1Djembe 2Dolek 3Dream Catcher 1Flat Udu 3Indian Tablas 1Iran Bongos 1Kanjira 3Madal Drum 1Military Cassa 2Military Snaredrum 1Mongolian Framedrum 4Moroccon Conga 2Piccolo Military Snaredrum 1Pitched Timbales 1Small Cassa 1Small Derbuka 1Surdo 3Talking Drum 3Tambourine Drum 1Traditional Bongos 1Tunis Ceremony Drum 2Waterdrums 3Yambu 2

wORlD PeRCUssIONInstrument ew-Vol.African Xylophone 2Afuche Cabasa 1American Woodblocks 1Angklung Gamelan 1Balafon 2Bamboo Windchimes 1Baobab Shaker 3Big African Rice Shaker 1Castanets 1Chi Gong Balls 1Chicken Eggs 1Cola Shaker 3Drum Pots 1Gamelan Wooden Cowbell 1Gon Bops Cuica 2Gopichand 2Headless Tambourine 1Log drum 2Maracas 1Metal Guiro Shaker 3Mixed Wood Percussion 3Mongolian Bones Shaker 4Nut Shaker 3Oceandrum 2Rainmakers 1Rattle Shaker 3Schellenkranz 2Shaker Set 100 3Shaker Set 120 3Shaker Set 140 3Shaker Set 80 3Shell Shekere 2Small Chickeneggs 3Small Maracas 3Traditional Cowbells 1Tunis Tambourine 2Wood Shaker 3Wooden Bells 2World Glasses 1Wrist Jingles 2

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