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A descriptive catalogue of the musical instruments recently exhibited at the Royal Military Exhibition, London, 1890 …, 1891
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1The shofar is of especial interest as being the only Jewish instrument whose use for ritual purposes has been retained to the present day. When the shofar is blown in the Synagogue, as it is on New Year's Day and the Day of Atonement, greater attention is paid to the rhythm or tongueing of the notes than to their actual sounds. Hence by some players the octave harmonics are blown, by others the fifth and octave.
3The following signals are sounded in the Western Synagogue, St. Alban's Place, Haymarket:—
5The Roman lituus, which was used by the sacred augurs as well as by the cavalry, probably took its shape from the shofar or a similar horn.
7Lent by the Rev. F. W. Galpin, M.A., F.L.S.
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11BUCCINA, in G. This instrument is a facsimile of one found at Pompeii, and now preserved in the National Museum at Naples. The instrument is curved in a semicircular form, and the bell rests upon the shoulder of the player like that of the modern circular valved bass. The pitch is G, and the following series of notes can be produced:—
13By reason of the small size of the mouthpiece and the proportions of the tube, the fundamental G cannot be produced. In quality the tone resembles that of the bugle. The buccina, sometimes called cornu, was employed in the Roman armies. In what the distinction between the two consisted is not certain; but it is probable that the cornu
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