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The mouth organ, an offence against music?

TheCatWoman

To me it is, here was someone playing or preforming counry and westerm music earlier and was playing one of these instruments of aural torture, I mean C&W is bad enough, but combine it with a mouth organ, or gob iron as they're also known as, is just offensive. To me its finger nails down a blackboard level of horrible.

Any of you have instruments you can't stand he sound of?

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  • Y’all ever heard of a crumhorn or shawm?

  • in reply to ArchaeC

    I had to teach these instruments when I was a music history professor. They are Medieval/Renaissance instruments, both of which are double reed but the shawm is a more direct ancestor to the modern oboe whilst crumhorn is just kind of a freak of nature. Both were haut instruments, meaning they were intended solely for outdoor performances. Thus they were both very LOUD. Especially the shawm, which sounded more like a wooden trumpet than an oboe tbh.

    The crumhorn was unique not just for its umbrella handle-like design, but it was also strange in that it was a rare case of a double reed instrument where you play with a mouthpiece, not directly on the reeds. So it almost plays more like a recorder despite sounding a bit like an oboe. Very strange, indeed.

    Regardless, both instruments are absolutely GARISH when played indoors with other instruments. That really makes harmonicas and bagpipes seem tame in comparison in my opinion lol.

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  • in reply to ArchaeC

    I had to teach these instruments when I was a music history professor. They are Medieval/Renaissance instruments, both of which are double reed but the shawm is a more direct ancestor to the modern oboe whilst crumhorn is just kind of a freak of nature. Both were haut instruments, meaning they were intended solely for outdoor performances. Thus they were both very LOUD. Especially the shawm, which sounded more like a wooden trumpet than an oboe tbh.

    The crumhorn was unique not just for its umbrella handle-like design, but it was also strange in that it was a rare case of a double reed instrument where you play with a mouthpiece, not directly on the reeds. So it almost plays more like a recorder despite sounding a bit like an oboe. Very strange, indeed.

    Regardless, both instruments are absolutely GARISH when played indoors with other instruments. That really makes harmonicas and bagpipes seem tame in comparison in my opinion lol.

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