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Definition of Shawms

Shawm
Shawm Shawm, n. [OE. shalmie, OF. chalemie; cf. F. chalumeau shawm, chaume haulm, stalk; all fr. L. calamus a reed, reed pipe. See Haulm, and cf. Calumet.] (Mus.) A wind instrument of music, formerly in use, supposed to have resembled either the clarinet or the hautboy in form. [Written also shalm, shaum.] --Otway. Even from the shrillest shaum unto the cornamute. --Drayton.

Meaning of Shawms from wikipedia

- five-part music could be pla**** by a consort consisting entirely of shawms. All later shawms (excepting the smallest) have at least one key allowing a downward...
- These shawms are usually used with other instruments to accompany the traditional Catalan circle dance, the Sardana. Other Catalan folk shawms are the...
- bouzouki, shawms Falk Irmenfried von Hasen-Mümmelstein - bagpipes, vocals, hurdy-gurdy, shawms El Silbador (since 2006) - bagpipes, shawms, smallpipes...
- Mary Rose shawm, an early predecessor to the oboe, instrument historians had been puzzled by references to "still shawms", or "soft" shawms, that were...
- shawms and krummhorns were double-reed instruments, but because the krummhorns had a cylindrical bore, they sounded an octave lower than the shawms of...
- cor anglais (also called English horn), and b****oon, and many types of shawms throughout the world. Capped double-reed instruments, on the other hand...
- Kaścian (2005-2007): flutes, shawms Kaciaryna Radziviłava (2002-2005): flutes, shawms Kaciaryna Pinčuk (2005): flutes, shawms "About the band" "О чем поет...
- Kluwer Academic Publishers. p. 133. ISBN 1402013248. Brown, David. Oriental Oboes and Shawms larkinam.com Mizmar. Dominik Photo Images of the making v t e...
- instruments included both recorder and transverse style flutes; the reeded Shawms, a precursor to the oboe; trumpets and bagpipes. Drums, harps, recorders...
- more than a major third. Originals were probably pitched in D, to fit with shawms in D and G, probably at a typical pitch standard near A=466 Hz. No known...