Drum whistle
Drum pipes (also called transverse pipes , drum flutes ) are piccolo flutes without flaps , which come from the tradition of minstrels and the military and go back to the Schwegel . Originally they were made of wood, now mostly of metal. The mouthpiece is similar to that of the flute or piccolo, but is made of plastic. Drum pipes have been the musicians' preferred instrument since the 15th century and initially had six finger holes. A seventh finger hole was added in the 19th century and the originally cylindrical hole was replaced by a conical one.
Playing style and range
Drum pipes are blown in a similar way to piccolo flutes. The fingering, however, is more similar to the recorder . In contrast to the latter, however, the different octaves are mainly played by changing the air flow (sharper or softer blowing), while the fingerings for the corresponding notes in the first two octaves are largely identical, in the third octave there are many forked fingerings . The instrument reaches a similarly penetrating volume as the piccolo, which is ideal for use outdoors and for interaction with the drums. The instrument is difficult to learn because you have to play a small mouthpiece with high air pressure and a very precise approach. The intonation is heavily dependent on the air pressure and difficult to balance.
Drum pipes have a range of three octaves and sound one octave higher than ordinary flutes. The instruments are traditionally tuned in Bb, but in some areas the C-flat tuning has established itself. In addition to the pitch but there are also versions Soprano in the layers alto, tenor and treble. Today they are mainly used by marching bands.
Web links
Music time cross whistle with pictures, notes, fingering charts
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Heinrich Wecking: school marching bands: The drum flute [flute; Holeflyte; Swiss pipe] . Sikorski, 1952.
- ^ Henri Kling: Popular Instrumentation Theory or The Art of Instrumentation: with a precise description of the peculiarities of all instruments together with instructions for conducting . L. Oertel, 1888.
- ^ Dieter Pötschke: Stadtrecht, Roland und Pötschke: on the legal history of Halberstadt, Goslar, Bremen and cities of the Mark Brandenburg . Lukas Verlag, 2002, ISBN 978-3-931836-77-1 , p. 173–.
- ^ Nancy Toff: The Flute Book: A Complete Guide for Students and Performers . Oxford University Press, September 13, 2012, ISBN 978-0-19-537308-0 , p. 64 on the piccolo fetuses also applies here.
- ↑ Music Education . Österreichischer Bundesverlag., 1973, p. 155, ces des mood.