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- noun music A long, curved, wooden
horn used by mountain-dwellingherders in theAlps originally to callcattle but now only as musical instrument in classical andfolk tunes
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Examples
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Edward Taylor/The Wall Street Journal The alphorn is a 12-foot-long wooden folk instrument traditionally played by Swiss shepherds.
Rocking the Alphorn 2008
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Designed for two players, one yodels while the other plays a monster skin-horn (aka alphorn).
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He takes about 20 hours to complete a handmade alphorn, which sell for thousands of dollars.
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In Friday's photos, German towns get flooded, a pig is rescued from debris and ash in the Philippines, an alphorn maker tests his wares in Switzerland and more.
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Athletes run next to a man blowing an alphorn during the sixth Geneva Marathon of UNICEF on Sunday in Geneva.
Sports Snapshots 2010
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Arnold Schoenberg becomes a jaunty little alphorn tune (complete with a suggested fingering, brought to you by the letter B):
Archive 2007-08-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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Arnold Schoenberg becomes a jaunty little alphorn tune (complete with a suggested fingering, brought to you by the letter B):
Letter Aria Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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She has brought the alphorn out of its pastoral roots, teaming up with David Richards, a music producer who previously worked with the rock band Queen, to produce a CD with blues, funk and rock tunes.
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Carbon Fiber Horns Advances in technology and design have helped the alphorn broaden its appeal.
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"'Learn to play the alphorn' is what she told me," Ms. Stahel says.
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