Albogue

Albogue is the Spanish term for the traditional horn pipes, which are widely used in the Iberian Peninsula. Albogues are wind instruments with a single reed, a sound tube of wood ( or pipe), the. Resonance funnel one from an animal horn

The Albogues are traditionally played in circular breathing.

The term Albogue goes to Arab. al - Buq ( البوق ) " trumpet / bugle " and is back in the Libro de Alexandre (13th century) testified for the first time in literature. However, the history of the horn whistle goes further back (see Hornpipe ).

The Albogues include:

• The Gaita megastore / Gaita del Gastor (Cádiz ) has a body made of pear or oleander wood, decorated with a cross pattern, three finger holes on the top and one on the bottom and a relatively long horn as a bell. It is played at festivals and Holy Christmas.
• The Gaita serrana / Gaita de la sierra (Madrid ) has a wind capsule from cow horn, a sound tube of wood ( usually fig wood) and square recesses in which sit the finger holes. The sound tube may have a circular or square cross section. The instrument has three to four finger holes in the top surface and a thumb hole. Also the horn is made ​​of cow horn. The Gaita serrana was a pure pastoral instrument that served the pastime. With the decline of the profession, it is practically extinct.
• The best known instrument of this group is the Basque Alboka with doubled sound tubes, which have a common wind-cap and a common bell of horn. All parts of the instrument are mounted on a semicircular wooden bow (see Alboka ).
• In Gascony, on the northwestern edge of the Pyrenees, the Caramera, Caremère is played. She has a reed, a simple acoustic tube and an animal horn. The number of finger holes may be 6 1.
• The Chifla de Campoo (from the place Campoo in Cantabria ) is not a horn whistle, however, related to the Albogues. From a piece of wood about 25 cm long a sound tube is made ​​so that there is a small and down a large wooden funnel has above. The large hopper serves as a funnel, the upper as a kind of wind-cap. The reed is held loosely between his lips and blown inside this windcap. The instrument has four to seven finger holes in the top.