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Kortholt from Praetorius, Syntagma Musicum, Wolfenbüttel 1619
The kortholt is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. It was popular in the Renaissance period.
The name comes from the German kurz (becoming kort) meaning short and holz (becoming holt) meaning wood. This refers to the characteristic low sound that belies the short length of the instrument.
The kortholt is a capped reed instrument. Its construction is similar to that of the chanter of a bagpipe. A double reed is mounted inside a chamber. Blowing into the chamber produces a musical note. The pitch of the note can be varied by opening or closing finger and side holes along the length of the instrument.
The kortholt is actually double bored, similar to the modern bassoon. The cylindrical bore is doubled up inside the instrument producing a sound much lower than normally would be possible from an instrument of that length.
The sound is a similar to the crumhorn, but is softer. The kortholt came in various sizes, the most common being soprano, alto, tenor and bass. They could be played together in a consort.
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A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. In principle anything that, produces sound, and can somehow be controlled by a person playing it, can serve as a musical instrument.
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A woodwind instrument is an instrument in which sound is produced by blowing against an edge or by a vibrating with air a thin piece of wood known as a reed. Most of these instruments were originally made of wood, but some such as the saxophone and some flutes are now made of other
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Renaissance (French for "rebirth"; Italian: Rinascimento; Spanish: Renacimiento), was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th through the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe.
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German language (Deutsch, ] ) is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages.
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Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument, aerophones using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The term is equally correct in the singular or plural, although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes" and "the bagpipe.
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A double reed is a type of reed used to produce sound in various wind instruments. The term double reed comes from the fact that there are two pieces of cane vibrating against each other.
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The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers and occasionally even higher. It is called das Fagott in German, il fagotto in Italian, and le basson in French.
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The bore of a wind instrument is its interior chamber that defines a flow path through which air travels and is set into vibration to produce sounds. The term is used both for instruments made of wood and instruments made of metal, though only in the case of wood instruments is the
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crumhorn is a musical instrument of the woodwind family, most commonly used during the Renaissance period. In modern times, there has been a revival of interest in Early Music, and crumhorns are being played again.
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A consort of instruments was a phrase used in England during the 16th and 17th centuries to indicate an instrumental ensemble.
A consort may be "whole", that is, all instruments of the same family.
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A consort may be "whole", that is, all instruments of the same family.
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A double reed is a type of reed used to produce sound in various wind instruments. The term double reed comes from the fact that there are two pieces of cane vibrating against each other.
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The piccolo oboe is the smallest and highest pitched member of the oboe family. Pitched in E-flat or F above the regular oboe (which is a C instrument), the piccolo oboe is a sopranino version of the oboe, comparable to the E-flat clarinet.
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The piccolo heckelphone is a very rare woodwind instrument invented in 1904 by the firm of Wilhelm Heckel GmbH in Wiesbaden-Biebrich (Germany). A variant of the heckelphone, the piccolo heckelphone was intended to redress a point of weakness in the romantic orchestra: namely, an
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- For different meanings of oboe see Oboe (disambiguation).
The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. The English word "oboe" was adopted ca.
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oboe d'amore (oboe of love in Italian) is a woodwind instrument. It is a member of the double reed family, very similar to the oboe. Slightly larger than the oboe, it has a less assertive and more tranquil and serene tone, and is considered the mezzo-soprano or alto of the
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The cor anglais, or English horn, is a double reed woodwind musical instrument in the woodwind family.
It is a transposing instrument pitched in F, a fifth lower than the oboe (a C instrument), and is consequently approximately one-third longer.
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It is a transposing instrument pitched in F, a fifth lower than the oboe (a C instrument), and is consequently approximately one-third longer.
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The bass oboe or baritone oboe is a double reed instrument in the woodwind family. It is about twice the size of a regular (soprano) oboe and sounds an octave lower; it has a deep, full tone not unlike that of its higher-pitched cousin, the English horn.
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The heckelphone is a musical instrument invented by Wilhelm Heckel and his sons, introduced in 1904.
It is a double reed instrument of the oboe family, but with a wider bore and hence a heavier and more penetrating tone.
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It is a double reed instrument of the oboe family, but with a wider bore and hence a heavier and more penetrating tone.
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The contrabass oboe is a double reed woodwind instrument in the key of C, sounding two octaves lower than the standard oboe.
Current research, in particular that by hautboy specialist Bruce Haynes, suggests that such instruments may have been developed in France as
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Current research, in particular that by hautboy specialist Bruce Haynes, suggests that such instruments may have been developed in France as
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The tenor bassoon or, "tenoroon," is a member of the bassoon family of double reed woodwind instruments. This group also includes the more widely-known bassoon and contrabassoon, along with a smaller version of the tenor bassoon, the octave bassoon.
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The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers and occasionally even higher. It is called das Fagott in German, il fagotto in Italian, and le basson in French.
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The contrabassoon, also contrafagotto or double bassoon, is a larger version of the bassoon sounding an octave lower. Its technique is similar to its smaller cousin, with a few notable differences.
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The contraforte is a version of the contrabassoon, which was made to take the already strong and unique sound of the contrabassoon and improve dynamics and intonation.
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The sarrusophone is a family of transposing musical instruments patented and placed into production by Pierre-Louis Gautrot in 1856. It was named after the French bandmaster Pierre-Auguste Sarrus (1813-1876) who is credited with the concept of the instrument (it is not clear if
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The Soprano sarrusophone is a member of the sarrusophone family. It is a keyed metal double reed instrument with a conical bore, pitched in B-flat. Its range is approximately the same as that of the soprano saxophone and its tone is similar to that of the oboe, although louder and
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The E-flat alto sarrusophone is the alto member of the sarrusophone family of metal double reed instruments. Its body is folded only once, and has a bocal that resembles the neck of a tenor saxophone.
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The B-flat tenor sarrusophone is a smaller type of sarrusophone, and has about the same range as a tenor sax. They were originally made by companies such as Orsi, Gautrot, and Triebert, but are currently made only by Orsi, and are "special order" items.
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The E-flat baritone sarrusophone, sometimes jokingly known as the combat bassoon, has the same range and key as the baritone saxophone, and is about the same size as a bassoon. Its body is wrapped around only once, whereas the contrabass sarrusophone wraps around twice.
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The B-flat bass sarrusophone is the bass member of the sarrusophone family of metal double reed instruments. It has a range almost identical to a bass saxophone. There are very few pieces written for it, although one of them includes Roupen Shakarian's Sarruso Rex.
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