Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/8040
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	shofar
Subject
	423.121.21
Publisher
	made in Israel
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	Jewish
Format
	c. 8.4 in. length of bore
2.8 in. average length of bell opening
1.4 in. average width of bell opening
Source
	West Asia
Coverage
	Israel
Medium
	horn - mammal
Requires
	one
Spatial Coverage
	Asia
Air cavity design for aerophones
	tubular - conical with open distal end
Source and direction of airstream
	player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional
Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones
	lip reed (player’s lips) placed over open end of tube
Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones
	none
Overblowing utilization in aerophones
	overblowing at consecutive partials
Pitch production in aerophones
	multiple pitches - selecting partials of a single cavity’s fundamental through overblowing
Category of Instrument
	aerophone

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