Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/945
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	shawm
Subject
	422.112.2
Publisher
	Gunter Korber
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	European
Format
	28 in. length (without reed)
Identifier
	354
Language
	EN
Relation
	422.112 
Alternative Title
	chalmeye
	shalme
	shalmie
	shalmuse
Medium
	wood
	reed - cane
	metal
	cork
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Europe
Provenance
	Grinnell College Music Department
Air cavity design for aerophones
	tubular - cylindrical with open distal end
Source and direction of airstream
	player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional
Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones
	exposed concussion (multiple) reed
Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones
	opening fingerholes to reduce space or shorten length of standing wave in air cavity
Overblowing utilization in aerophones
	overblowing at consecutive partials
Pitch production in aerophones
	multiple pitches - changing length of standing wave within cavity with fingerholes and by selecting partials through overblowing
Category of Instrument
	aerophone

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