Trumpet sounded up to tens of Kilometres

Inhabitants of the Alps in Switzerland inherit the wind instrument sounds the most distant throughout human history. Sound can be heard up to tens of kilometres, crossing the valleys of the Alps looming.

The inhabitants of the Alps this trumpet is called the alpenhorn. Its shape is very long, it could achieve double the height of those who play it. It might seem a hassle, especially when used to move from one place to another. It goes without worry, today could be removed under the alpenhorn-uninstall so that it fit in the bag. According to history, the alpenhorn was first mentioned in 1527 in the logbook belongs to the Abbey of St. Urban in Switzerland.
From generation to generation, shepherds and ranchers always bring alpenhorn and meniupkannya of grassland in the mountain peaks as a code to the families in the village of meaning ' everything's fine. ' In addition, the alpenhorn is also used to call the cows to be milked. Dairy farmers in Switzerland have long believed that alunannya was making a soft cows quietly during milking. Yore, alpenhorn also often used as a call to the men. While now, more often refers in particular to goes busking when winter arrives.


 

The raw material of the Alps is usually a trumpet made from spruce mountain. The reason, fir trees on the slopes of the steep curved lerang grow on base.

William Hopson, crafters in the United States. alpenhorn The price of Union could reach USD 5000/alphorn. ca a alpenhorn, after selecting a tree that will be used, chop stems of FIR into two parts. The inside of the dicungkil use a special chisel semi-circle. The inside is then sanded to a smooth and dikikis. The crafters glue both of these went on opposite sides, melilitnya tightly with rattan wood betula. He also makes the holder of wood to support this when played trumpet.

 

How to play at a glance, alpenhorn has no holes, tuts, or valve that needs to be ditekan-tekan. In fact, this could produce 12 trumpet tones of natural causes. The difficulty is arranging air flow blown into the pipe to produce a tone that she wanted.

Although not all songs can be played with this instrument, a Bugler that proficient can play a variety of melodies that riveting. Many famous composers include the alpenhorn in orchestral arrangements, such as Leopold Mozart (father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) write ' sinfonia Pastorella ' for Orchestra and ' Corno ' Pastoiritio. So does Beethoven, in one of his pastoral Symphony trumpet sounds, mimicking the Alps to evoke the atmosphere of the Shepherd's life.