buckhorn
A bukkehorn (Norwegian) or bockhorn (Swedish), also called a "billy goat horn" in English, is an ancient Scandinavian musical instrument made from the horn of a goat or a ram. The horn is usually harvested 5 to 7 years before the instrument is crafted. It was traditionally used by shepherds and milkmaids on summer dairy farms in the mountains, as a signal instrument or to scare off predators.
Also recorded as bukkehorn · goat’s horn
buckhorn
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It is most commonly played with a brass-type embouchure, buzzing the lips against the mouthpiece, but versions with a single reed similar to that of a clarinet also exist.
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• Name — Bukkehorn • Background — woodwind • Names — Bockhorn, Billy goat horn • Classification — *Wind • Aerophone
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Geologic map of the Buckhorn quadrangle, southeastern Kentucky, 1978
Geochemical reconnaissance of the Cortez-Buckhorn area, southern Cortez Mountains, Nevada, 1971
On Buckhorn Creek, Hounds on the Mountain, 2022
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