Bouteillophones
The Bouteillophone (French), more rarely German Flaschenspiel , English musical bottles, is a self-toning musical instrument ( idiophone ) and consists of a row of glass bottles that are set up or hung on the neck, which are usually played percussively . The internationally used French name is also known in the German-speaking world and is used by Kolberg Percussion , for example . The Duden, however, does not know the instrument.
The instrument was used in Erik Satie's score for the Parade - Ballet réaliste in 1916/1917 and in its original form it simply consists of a series of glass bottles , the resonance of which depends primarily on their size and thickness and, if necessary, by filling them with liquid at different pitches is tuned , often to a specific scale . The small, hard mallet then usually slides over all the bottles one after the other, but can also strike individual notes.
The bottle game is rarely used, because of its simplicity and cost, often in its original form. But it is also manufactured as a professional instrument that has various advantages, such as the preset mood of the individual bottles, which cannot be changed by measures such as closures, their easy interchangeability and yet firm and secure attachment to a stand or the like.
literature
- James Blades, James Holland: Bouteillophone. In: Grove Music Online, January 2001
Web links
- Bottle game / Bouteillophone in the dictionary of a percussion instrument lender
- Bottle game in the concert video for a cover version of John Miles ' Music
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b James Blades, James Holland: Bouteillophone. Preview (secondary source). In: Grove Music Online. Retrieved September 1, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Bottle games / Bouteillophones. Internet offer at Kolberg Percussion . Retrieved September 1, 2018 .
- ↑ Search result "bottle game". No matches. In: duden .de. Bibliographical Institute , accessed September 1, 2018 .
- ↑ Search result “bouteillophone”. No matches. In: duden .de. Bibliographical Institute , accessed September 1, 2018 .
- ↑ The English term "pop-bottles" listed there is just as difficult to find in the corresponding dictionaries as the German "bottle game".