Definition of Shawm. Meaning of Shawm. Synonyms of Shawm

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Definition of Shawm

Shawm
Shawm Shawm, n. [OE. shalmie, OF. chalemie; cf. F. chalumeau shawm, chaume haulm, stalk; all fr. L. calamus a reed, reed pipe. See Haulm, and cf. Calumet.] (Mus.) A wind instrument of music, formerly in use, supposed to have resembled either the clarinet or the hautboy in form. [Written also shalm, shaum.] --Otway. Even from the shrillest shaum unto the cornamute. --Drayton.

Meaning of Shawm from wikipedia

- The shawm (/ʃɔːm/) is a conical bore, double-reed woodwind instrument made in Europe from the 12th century to the present day. It achieved its peak of...
- Catalan shawm is one of two varieties of shawm, an oboe-like woodwind musical instrument pla**** in Catalonia in northeastern Spain. The types of shawm commonly...
- the thirteenth to the eighteenth centuries, which typically consisted of shawms and slide trumpets or sackbuts. Waits is the British equivalent. These were...
- Mizmar, a shawm similar to the shehnai Nadaswaram, a similar South Indian instrument Reed instrument, a type of woodwind instrument Shawm, a type of...
- Tenoroon Contrab****oon Biforaers (Sicily) Bombardeers (France) Catalan shawm Cromorne (French baroque, different from the crumhorn) Contra Forte Duduk...
- northern León and Zamora provinces. Tabor pipe (in León) and dulzaina (a small shawm-like instrument) enjoy rich repertoires.[citation needed] Although dulzaina...
- Mary Rose shawm, an early predecessor to the oboe, instrument historians had been puzzled by references to "still shawms", or "soft" shawms, that were...
- was called a hautbois. This name was also used for its predecessor, the shawm, from which the basic form of the hautbois was derived. Major differences...
- partially enclosed by a pirouette, like the shawm. It has been argued the dulcian displaced the b**** shawm, on account of its more convenient size, but...
- wind instrument. In Egypt, the term mizmar usually refers to the conical shawm that is called zurna in Turkey and Armenia. Mizmar is also a term used for...