| | GemshornHistory, Facts and interesting information about Medieval music, specifically, Gemshorn Definition and Description of the Gemshorn
Definition and description of the Gemshorn: The gemshorn was made of an ox or chamois horn. The Gemshorn receives its name from the the Dutch name of the male chamois, Gemsbok as it was historically made from the horn of the chamois, goat or other suitable animal. The hollow horn has tone holes down the front, like a recorder. Family of Instruments: The Gemshorn belongs to the family of Woodwind instruments. 
Gemshorn Medieval Musical Instruments - Gemshorn
Medieval Musical instruments, including the Gemshorn, would be used by the musicians of the period including the Waits, Minstrels or Troubadours. There were three categories of musical instruments in the Middle Ages - wind, string and percussion. Terms of description were Bas instruments and Haut instruments. Bas referred to soft instruments (literally, "low," but referring to volume, not pitch) which were suitable for the chamber which included the vielle, rebec and other bowed strings, the lute and other plucked strings. Haut referred to loud instruments (literally "high" but referring to volume, not to pitch) which were suitable for outdoors which included the shawm, sackbut, pipe and tabor. Read the above history, facts and information about the Gemshorn. 
The Waits Medieval Music - Gemshorn
The Medieval Times website provides interesting facts, history and information about the musicians and styles of music which scatter the history books including Gemshorn. The Medieval Life and Times Sitemap provides full details of all of the information and facts about the fascinating subject of the lives of the people who lived during the historical period of the Middle Ages. The content of this article on Gemshorn provides free educational details, facts and information for reference and research for schools, colleges and homework for history courses and history coursework.
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