These pages wish to provide the interested listener with rare and less rare information about the Stradivarius of wind instruments. Most music samples are obtained with acknowledgement for use on this site. Some copyright holders did not reply to my request. I always mention the source of the music. The purpose is to provide an academic overview for those who are interested in this fascinating instrument. Therefore I believe that I do not breach any copy rights. Owners of rights who do not want his/her music on this site: please mail and I will remove.
The site will be about the wonderful world of the the taragot, an ancient Turkish/Hungarian/Romanian musical instrument. Interested? Just have a browse through the pages. For music and a video samples you will need the Real Audio plug-in. Some of the music samples use swf (MP3), that can be played on most operating systems without plug-ins. The video files are generally of the .flv format. Free flv player will do the job for you. Some video files are in .rm format though. Real Media Player (a free edition is available on the Real Media page) or Real Alternative (open source) handle this with ease.
The streaming audio of the "AUDIO" page is generally not downloadable as a file. At the same time I wish to advise that the quality of the original recording cannot be compared with a heavily compressed MP3 or RM file. This is to restrict abuse of copy rights. If you wish to own the music, please contact me through the mail button. I will do my utmost best to provide you with the necessary information to help you to contact the copy right owner.
Most of the music and other information is from Romanian soil. I would certainly appreciate information from other regions and countries, so that I am enabled to make this site more complete. The thing that we have in common, at least, is the love for pure and beautiful music.
Please comment and help to make the information more accurate and help broadening the perspective.
bookmark this site as http://taragot.da.ru
http://tarogato.co.nr
H. McKay
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