Cornamuse

The Cornamuse is a woodwind instrument with a double reed, cylindrical tube drilled and wind capsule. The lower end of the tube is closed with a lid, has the lateral air-outlet holes. In some models, the lid is removable. The sound of Cornamuse resembles that of the curved horn, but is quieter and more delicate. When the lid is removed, so the sound compared to Krummhorn is louder and stronger. The Cornamuse has seven permanent front finger holes and one thumb hole for the left thumb. The range is a major ninth. In modern Cornamuse the range is extended by two flaps up and then is a eleventh.

There are tones of voice soprano, alto, tenor, bass and great bass. Smaller and larger instruments were tentatively built, but could not prevail. As with most woodwind instruments of the Renaissance, the c / f mood is common:

Cornamusen are chromatically with the exception of the small second playable by fork handles to the lowest tone.

The Cornamuse was developed in Europe in the 15th century and comes from a medieval instrument with a straight tube. In the 16th century the instrument was widespread. The musical transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque in the 17th century it became unfashionable. Since the mid-20th century Cornamusen be re- built and played. In addition to playing music from the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the Cornamuse is occasionally used also in folk and modern music. In the mid-20th century, a Subbasscornamuse ( lowest note C1) was constructed and used successfully on behalf of a Renaissance ensemble.

The musical instrument Cornamuse occasionally ( generally for " bagpipe " ) confused with the very similar French name cornemuse.