Shawm
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The shawm is a conical bore, double-reed woodwind instrument made in Europe from the 13th or possibly 12th century to the present day. It achieved its peak of popularity during the medieval and Renais
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Shepherd playing the shawm (1646), by Jan Baptist Wolffort (Dutch Rijksmuseum)
Woman playing a bass shawm (Tobias Stimmer c. 1500)
1615, Brussels. Procession of musicians, three with shawms.
Zurna
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The zurna is a double reed wind instrument played in Central Asia, West Asia, the Caucasus, Southeast Europe and parts of North Africa. It is also used in Sri Lanka. It is usually accompanied by a dav
Shawm
…the shawm were long present in Southern Europe and the East, for instance the ancient Greek, and later Byzantine aulos, the closely related sorna and zurna, and the Armenian duduk. The body of the shawm is usually turned from a single piece of wood, and terminates in a flared bell somewhat like that of a…
Musician playing the zurna.
Karna, one of the ancient Persian musical instruments, 6th century BC, Persepolis Museum.
Turkish folk musician playing zurna, 2016
A variety of zurna, from the Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments