簡介:" 弓琴(la tuk)是布農族人最主要的樂器,布農族亦如台灣其他南島語系諸族一樣,使用的樂器並不多,尤其長居高山的布農族人,其傳統樂器在構造及形式上,既簡單又樸實,質材上的選擇大都就地取材,也無複雜的雕飾與點綴 。 弓琴是人類最古老的撥弦樂器,以彈撥弓弦而奏出音響的原始樂器,也是布農族人最具特徵的樂器之一。弓琴樂器的發想,源自狩獵用的弓,是以棒敲擊或用手撥弦而使其發出聲音。 弓琴是布農族各聚落使用最頻繁的樂器,它是利用一長條竹片彎曲成弓,再以一條細鋼〈鐵〉絲(古代則用月桃草之纖維)分別繫於竹弓兩端作弦。布農族人大都為平日獨居時以簡單的彈奏旋律以自娛,它是布農人最主要的一種獨奏樂器。 BununBow harp Ethnology原住民民族誌標本布農弓琴T he bow harp la tuk is one of the Bunun's most important instruments. Like Taiwan's other Austronesian tribes, the Bunun did not use many musical instruments. The instruments of the high mountain dwelling Bunan were especially simple, taking materials from local sources. They were also without elaborate patterns. Harps are one of the earliest string instruments made by mankind. The bow harp is a special Bunun feature. Like the name suggests, the origin of bow harps was the bows used for hunting. Sounds were made by plucking the strings or striking them with a rod. The harp was the most common Bunun instrument. It was made from a long strip of bamboo curved into a bow shape, with one metal wires (in the old days grass fiber was used) attached to the two ends of the bow as strings. Bunun people would often entertain themselves by playing the harp alone. The harp was one of the tribe's most important instruments."