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Gemshorn

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The gemshorn is an instrument of the ocarina family that was historically made from the horn of a chamois, goat, or other suitable animal. [1]

24 relations: Blowing horn, Cattle, Chamois, Clarinet, Consort of instruments, Cornett, Danse Macabre, Early music, Fipple, German language, Goat, Helmholtz resonance, Ocarina, Ogg, Organ stop, Pan flute, Pifana, Recorder (musical instrument), Sebastian Virdung, Tone hole, Tonette, Wind instrument, Wood, Woodwind instrument.

Blowing horn

The blowing horn or winding horn is a sound device that is usually made of or shaped like an animal horn, arranged to blow from a hole in the pointed end of it.

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Cattle

Cattle—colloquially cows—are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates.

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Chamois

The chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) is a species of goat-antelope native to mountains in Europe, including the European Alps, the Pyrenees, the Carpathians, the Tatra Mountains, the Balkans, parts of Turkey, the Caucasus, and the Apennines.

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Clarinet

The clarinet is a musical-instrument family belonging to the group known as the woodwind instruments.

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Consort of instruments

A consort of instruments was a phrase used in England during the 16th and 17th centuries to indicate an instrumental ensemble.

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Cornett

The cornett, cornetto, or zink is an early wind instrument that dates from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods, popular from 1500 to 1650.

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Danse Macabre

The Danse Macabre (from the French language), also called the Dance of Death, is an artistic genre of allegory of the Late Middle Ages on the universality of death: no matter one's station in life, the Dance Macabre unites all.

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Early music

Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1760).

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Fipple

A fipple is a constricted mouthpiece common to many end-blown flutes, such as the tin whistle and the recorder.

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German language

German (Deutsch) is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe.

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Goat

The domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe.

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Helmholtz resonance

Helmholtz resonance or wind throb is the phenomenon of air resonance in a cavity, such as when one blows across the top of an empty bottle.

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Ocarina

The ocarina is an ancient wind musical instrument—a type of vessel flute.

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Ogg

Ogg is a free, open container format maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation.

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Organ stop

An organ stop (or just stop) is a component of a pipe organ that admits pressurized air (known as wind) to a set of organ pipes.

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Pan flute

The pan flutes (also known as panpipes or syrinx) are a group of musical instruments based on the principle of the closed tube, consisting of multiple pipes of gradually increasing length (and occasionally girth).

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Pifana

The pifana is a type of gemshorn played in Corsica.

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Recorder (musical instrument)

The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument in the group known as internal duct flutes—flutes with a whistle mouthpiece.

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Sebastian Virdung

Sebastian Virdung (born c. 1465) was a German composer and theorist on musical instruments.

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Tone hole

A tone hole is an opening in the body of a wind instrument which, when alternately closed and opened, changes the pitch of the sound produced.

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Tonette

The Tonette is a small, end-blown flute made of plastic, which was once popular in American elementary music education.

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Wind instrument

A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube), in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at or near the end of the resonator.

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Wood

Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.

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Woodwind instrument

Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the more general category of wind instruments.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemshorn

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