Graile

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Graile (mas., With article lo graile , also graulhe ) is the Occitan name for the shawm widespread in the area of ​​the Monts de Lacaune ( Tarn department ) .

description

The double reed instrument is between 47 and 53 cm long. The sound tube usually consists of three parts. It is turned from box and has a conical inner bore. The ends of the sections are edged with characteristic horn reinforcements. The upper end of the instrument ends in a plate-shaped pirouette . The reed called Caramèla is attached to it. The connection between the middle piece and the bell is strongly thickened, the bell is wide open. The Graile has seven finger holes on the front. The bottom can be offset to the right or left to make it easier to grasp.

history

The instrument is close to the shawms from which the oboe developed in the Baroque period . There is written evidence for instruments called "Hautbois" in the Graile area from the 18th century. Preserved copies date from the second half of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. Until the beginning of the First World War, the instrument for accompanying dances and weddings was highly valued in the aforementioned region, but afterwards it was replaced by other wind instruments and the accordion. It has been revived since the 1980s.

terminology

The word graile is related to the Catalan gralla . Both presumably go back to late Latin gracula , which comes from the Latin graculus "jackdaw", and would thus refer to the "croaking" sound of double reed instruments.

Graile also refers to the melody pipe of the bagpipe common in the Montagne Noire , which is called Bodega or Craba .

Related instruments

The Graile is related to traditional shawms in neighboring areas of distribution: the Hautbois du Languedoc ( Autbòi or Aboès ) and the Tarota , and there are similarities with Bombarde and Ciaramella and the oriental cone oboes . Another Occitan shawm is the clarin .

swell

  • Daniel LODDO: Lo graile e los grailaires: Hautbois et joueurs de hautbois des montagnes du Tarn, de l'Herault et du Sud-Aveyron . In: Luc CHARLES-DOMINIQUE & Pierre LAURENCE (eds.): Les hautbois populaires: anches doubles, enjeux multiples . Edition modal, Saint-Jouin-de-Milly 2002, ISBN 2-910432-32-7 , p. 76-91 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ LODDO, p. 78
  2. ↑ LODDO, pp. 77, 84
  3. ↑ LODDO, p. 79
  4. ↑ LODDO, pp. 83-86
  5. ^ Etymology of the Portuguese word gralha. Retrieved April 19, 2010 .
  6. ↑ LODDO, p. 76

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