Shryari
The shryari , also known as screeching whistle , was a woodwind instrument in the Renaissance . It was developed in the 16th century and played mainly in European folk music for around 200 years . The name Rauschpfeife appears at the beginning of the 16th century . Shryari or screeching whistle is mentioned in written sources from 1540 to 1706. The instrument got its name from the peculiarly muffled, soft basic sound with high, "screaming" overtones above it .
The tube of the Schryari has a conical on bore, the tone is produced by blowing a, in a wind capsule seated double tube sheet . The Schryari was built in several pitches from soprano to bass , although the characteristic wide wooden tube with seven finger holes on the top and one or two thumb holes on the bottom remained the same.
“Schryari (Auff German Schreyerpfeiffen) are strong and fresh at the sound / can be used in front of themselves / and also for other instruments; Have holes in the back as well as fore; In terms of length and stature, it is almost the same as the Corna muses / That alone (because they are open and simple at the bottom) is much more resonant: And whether the discant is covered below / it has a lot besides holes / do the wind But you can no longer utter sound and voices / because the number of holes entails. "
literature
- Schreierpfeife (Rauschpfeife). In: Anthony Baines: Lexicon of Musical Instruments. JB Metzler, Stuttgart 2005, p. 295
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Schryari. In: Sibyl Marcuse : Musical Instruments: A Comprehensive Dictionary. A complete, authoritative encyclopedia of instruments throughout the world. Country Life Limited, London 1966, p. 462