Schwegel
The (also "the") Schwegel (from Old High German suegala , " shin bone ") has been a simple form of a longitudinal flute or transverse flute since the Middle Ages .
Originally, Schwegel was used to describe various types of one -handed flutes (French galoubet ) that were played with one hand at the same time as a drum ( tabor ). Today the name has passed from these cylindrical core gap flutes to a simple wooden transverse flute with six finger holes. It is used in folk music .
In the Middle Ages and in Renaissance music , the Schwegel was mainly used in the field together with the drum as a "war instrument". They come in different moods. The lowest pipes have the root note D 1 , the highest still playable instruments sound in E flat 2 . The most common pipes are currently in a 1 (440 Hz). The range is two and a half octaves .
Synonyms are Schwegelpfeife and drum flute , as well as Seitlpfeife, Querpfeife and Zwerchpfeife ( zwerch , "across") when a transverse flute is meant. In Switzerland, the names Schweitzerpfeiff ( new Swiss pipe ) and Natwärisch-Pfiifa (in Valais ) are also used.
literature
- Gerlinde Haid : Schwegel. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .
Web links
- Christian's side whistle
- Photo of a musician with his instrument
- Swiss pipe (Schwegel)
- traditional Schwegel music in the county of Nice (France) (English, French and Occitan ).
- A video clip from the "Kleine Pfeifertag 2007" at Georgiberg in Micheldorf / Upper Austria by Ernst Bimminger
- Andrea Wolfsteiner: The Schwegelpfeife. Manufacture, use, dissemination, literature and history . (Diploma thesis) University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz 2005 (PDF; 7.6 MB)