Catalan shawm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In music, a Catalan shawm is one of two varieties of shawm (an oboe-like woodwind instrument) played in Catalonia in northeastern Spain. The types of shawm commonly used in Catalonia are the tible ...
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the history of the Renaissance Shawm ... click image for alto shawm sound (134kb wav); or here for same in mp3 ... Unlike the medieval shawm, the late Middle Ages and Renaissance shawm uses a broad cane reed controlled by the player's lips. With the smaller size shawms, the reed could be placed inside a pirouette,
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www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/renshawm.htm
www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/renshawm.htm
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The history of the Medieval Shawm ... The shawm was probably a Mohammedan invention and supposedly developed in Bagdad during the reign of Calif Harun-al-Rashid (763-807). It seems logical that the shawn was introduced into Europe during the time of the Crusades when the typical Saracen military band consisted of...
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www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/mshawm.htm
www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/mshawm.htm
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The shawm family: pictures and a sound file of the tenor shawm (with ranged extended to low G). ... The shawm is the immediate ancestor of the oboe. Both are double-reed instruments having a conical bore, lacking a hole for the left thumb.
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www.contrabass.com/pages/shawms.html
www.contrabass.com/pages/shawms.html
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on shawm (musical instrument), (from Latin calamus, “reed”; Old French: chalemie), double-reed wind instrument of Middle Eastern origin, a precursor of the oboe. Like the oboe, it is conically bored; ... CREATE MY shawm NEW DOCUMENT...
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The shawm is a long, straight wooden instrument with a bell, played with a double reed similar to a small bassoon reed. Like many European instruments, the shawm started life as an Arabic instrument. ... By the early sixteenth century, the shawm had undergone considerable development. Its initially harsh tone was mellowed...
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www.diabolus.org/guide/shawm.htm
www.diabolus.org/guide/shawm.htm
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The shawm has a widely conical bore and is made of wood. It has a double reed and a particularly loud, rough, nasal tone. The shawm was made in seven sizes and preceded the oboe. They were used in civil ceremonies, and in bands.
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www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/texts/Shawm.html
www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/texts/Shawm.html
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shawm n. Any of various early double-reed wind instruments, forerunners of the modern oboe. [Middle English schalme , from Old French chalemie ... Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: shawm...
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In general "shawm" is the term for a whole family of instruments. Mostly known are shawm, bombard, rauschpfeiff, oboe, bombarde, zurna and shenai. The shawm instruments are also called oboe instruments in the western influenced organology, although the (modern) oboe is the most atypical member of the shawm family.
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www.sackpfeyffer-zu-linden.de/shawm.html
www.sackpfeyffer-zu-linden.de/shawm.html
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