Dragonsfire

Vocal & multi-instrumental quartet

instruments

Dragonsfire ... performed on an enormous variety of instruments ranging from the seriously odd serpent to the diminutive crooked crumhorn. There seemed no end to the versatility of the players. (Jersey Evening Post)

ACCORDION

BAGPIPES
Early English

BALALAIKA

BANDORA

BANJO

BODHRAN

BONES

CHALUMEAU

CORNAMUSE
Soprano
Tenor
Bass

CRUMHORN
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass

DIDGERIDOO

DRUM
Medieval side drum

FINGER BELLS

FLAGEOLETS

FLUTE
Piccolo
Concert flute
Alto flute
Renaissance flute
Baroque flute

GITTERN

GLOCKENSPIEL

GUITAR
6 & 12 string
Classical
Renaissance 4 course

HAMMER
   DULCIMER

HARP
Double harp
Gothic harp
Medieval lap harp

LUTE

LUTE-GUITAR

MANDOLIN

NAKERS

One of the main features of a Dragonsfire performance is the large number of instruments used. In a standard concert programme, they will use up to fifty different instruments, ranging from medieval and Renaissance to modern orchestral. They also use a number of national and ethnic instruments collected on their foreign tours. This list shows some of their collection, which is constantly growing.




Dragonsfire Instruments




Although their performance is grounded on scholarly research, these are musicians who are not prepared to be curators of a museum In their hands, the instruments are living, breathing things. They love the music and the instruments and they will make you love them too! (Steyning Music Society)

 

OCARINA
Micro
Sopranino
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
Great Bass
Pregnophone

PANPIPES

PORTUGESE
    GUITARRA

PSALTERY
Bowed & plucked

RACKETT

RAUSCHPFEIFE

REBEC

RECORDERS
Garklein flötlein
Sopranino
Descant
Treble
Tenor
Bass
Great bass in C
Sub contra bass in F

SACKBUT

SERPENT

SHAWM
Spanish in C

SORDUNE

SWISS ALPINE HORN

SYMPHONIE

TABOR
9 inch
14 inch

TAMBOURINE

THREE HOLE
    PIPES

TIMBREL

TIN WHISTLES

TROMBONE

TRUMPET

TUBA

VIOL

XYLOPHONE