Having never heard a performance of the alphorn, I had no idea that the it actually plays more than one note. Amazingly, though there are no holes to change the pitch, the alphorn can get 20 different notes using overtones of the main note (because it is 8 feet in length and has such a low note).
Here is a spicy video of alphorn, tights and all, with a background of mountains. GUitars and accordian join the horns a little ways in.
And here is another nice video, perhaps a TV special, with beautiful sweeping views of the mountains.
Guess what, alphorn can even be played in HEELS :)
This 40-day Virtual World Tour of Music correlates with the World Music House kickstarter crowdfund. (Click the orange words for more details!)
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