This is the first of several lessons designed to teach you the fundamentals of playing the Alphorn. Listen. Watch Queue Queue. up and down for the natural instrument.For general usability we also made an ‘Extended’ version, mapping the samples over the missing notes, and tuning it in kontakt.

This product falls squarely in the latter category, being culturally intertwined with the white peaks of the Alps as much as the Carousel organ is indigenous to the streets of Amsterdam or Brussels.This instrument, recorded on location at the Alphorn Centre http://www.alphorn-center.de/ in Friesenheim, the south of Germany, and played by renowned player and Alphorn builder Franz Schüssele, is an inspiring mix of nature and craftsmanship, producing silky smooth soft tones and rattling shouts alike, sounding a bit like a very warm brass instrument even though the whole thing including the mouthpiece is made of wood.We had a great time with Franz trying to capture all the intricacies of this amazing instrument, and we think we succeeded, in the Sonokinetic style, warts and all, to make for a very original and natural sounding approximation of the real thing.Since the Alphorn has no valves it only plays nature-tone harmonics, in the case of this instrument upwards from a low F. Some of these harmonics are not exactly tempered to our modern ears (most notably the one between Bb and B, and between Db and D). Watch Queue Queue This is the first of several lessons designed to teach you the fundamentals of playing the Alphorn.In this lesson you will learn how to breath correctly while playing (0:19), buzz using lips (1:35), articulate notes (2:58), buzz into a mouthpiece (3:21), and improvise (6:55).I am doing a project called \"The Alphorn Project\" (http://learnalphorn.com/), and am using this lesson in my website. This extended version is multitimbral, and capable of producing amazing beds of Alphorn ensemble sweetness.Further controls in the instrument are very basic, with a ‘growl’ control and a basic EQ and IR reverb.We, at Sonokinetic BV, are very proud to introduce Alphorn to you, and can’t wait to hear the amazing things you, our valued customer base, will produce with it.Sonokinetic has established a name as one of the best value \u0026 quality sample producers and with this product we’d like to underline that statement.

This video is unavailable. Salzburger Echo plays many festivals annually, including Oktoberfest in Mt. This music is called Swiss Alps. It is used by mountain dwellers in the Swiss Alps, Austrian Alps, Bavarian Alps in Germany, French Alps, and elsewhere. Watch Queue Queue. Sign in to YouTube. Salzburger Echo is the premier group for contemporary and old-world alpine music. One can lower to tuned-pitch of an alphorn by inserted an extender into the mouthpiece bore and then inserting your mouthpiece into the extender. by Bob Bond. 24 videos Play all Alphorn Schweiz Hans-Rüdiger Kunz Tibetan Music, Healing Music, Relaxation Music, Chakra, Relaxing Music for Stress Relief, 2853C - Duration: 6:00:22. The band features Alphorns, Yodeling, Musical Cowbells, and the Holz Glachter. The alphorn or alpenhorn or alpine horn is a labrophone, consisting of a straight several-meter-long wooden natural horn of conical bore, with a wooden cup-shaped mouthpiece. However sounding very off key in these cases we thought it good to offer a version of the instrument as you would get it with a real Alphorn player, so the ‘Natural’ version of the instrument we left unturned. We hope you enjoy listening to it! The added benefit of this approach was that we could also add recorded legato transitions of up to three octaves (!) The alphorn makes a grand appearance at the Swiss Yodeling Festival, in parades held by the Swiss Association for Traditional Costume as well as at the annual international alphorn festival in Nendaz.

Prairie Song: The Alphorns of Salzburg Echo. 1:51 [Private video] Melanie Oesch yodels, Lisa Stoll plays the Alpine Horn, great medley of songs. Enjoy the video!