Finger hole horn
Grip hole horns are musical instruments from the group of wind instruments ( aerophones ) that are blown according to the principle of the upholstered whistle. To change the length, the tube has drilled tone holes that can be grasped with the fingers, similar to the recorder . Since finger hole horns can overblow into higher natural tones , they have a relatively large, largely chromatic range .
The most famous finger hole horns are the prongs . They were used from the 13th to the 18th century and have a range of two octaves . The serpent was used well into the 19th century, when it was superseded by easier-to-play, full-sounding bass instruments such as the bass tuba .
One of Reims originating Psalterillustration from the first quarter of the 12th century, which today in St. John's College is kept in Cambridge, shows the use of grip hole horns already in Old Testament times.
A more recent representative of this group is the keyed horn , which originated in the 18th century and whose tone holes were provided with keys .
Instruments like the baroque trumpet are not finger hole horns in this real sense . They sometimes have two to four holes that can be covered with the fingers, but these primarily function as intonation aids .
literature
- Moeck, Hermann and Helmut Mönkemeyer : On the history of the zinc. Moeck musical instruments and publishing house, Celle 1973.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Julia Zimmermann: King David's dance in front of the ark . In: Hubert Herkommer : King David - biblical key figure and European leading figure . Saint-Paul, 2003. ISBN 3-727-81374-1