The Catholic Church only allowed the organ in liturg y, and no other instr uments . For this reason , most instr uments were only used in secular music to accompany the voice or to per form instr umental pieces in dances or processions . Nobody wrote these compositions down , but we still know about the instr uments of the time. This is thanks to the miniatures in the Cantigas de Santa María and the sculptures on the Por tico of Glor y of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral . 32. LISTEN to the sound of the instruments in the table. strings wind percussion The medieval harp is a plucked string instrument of less than 75 cm high, that is held on the knees. It was used a lot by troubadours. The square hand drum is a type of drum that is hit with the hand. It can have one or two membranes. The tejoleta s are two small , f lat pieces of wood that are hit together like castanets. The tabor is a drum with a membrane and a shell (part of a drum) that is hit with mallets. The carillon is a series of bells that are struck with a hammer. The psaltery has a f lat sound box with strings on it . We pluck the strings with our f ingers or strike them with a mallet . The rebec is an instrument of Arabic origin. It has between one and f ive strings that we rub with a bow. The hurdy-gurdy was used in both secular and religious music. It has a handle that turns a wheel . This wheel rubs against the strings in the sound box. The instrument has keys that are used to change the pitch of the notes. The shawm is the predecessor of the present-day oboe. It's a woodwind instrument with a double reed. The cornamuse is similar to the present-day bagpipes. It has a double reed and the air is held in a bag. In the Middle Ages, shepherds used to play it . The portative organ is a small , portable organ with different-sized pipes and a keyboard. Usually it has a range of two octaves. 22 I The Middle Ages
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