English: Sound of the carnyx: a 5-6 feet tall, bronze/brass trumpet, held vertically, with a bell shaped like a boar, dragon, or serpent. Carnyx were played by the Ancient Celts (Caledonian/Picts, Briton, Albion) and Gauls, circa 300 BC – 300 AD. The carnyx was used for war (signaling and intimidation), and ritual occasions as depicted on the Gundestrup cauldron.
Carnyx were employed in battles including Mons Graupius, Boudicca’s rebellion (Camulodunum, Londinium, Watling Street), Siege of Alesia, Mons Graupius, Bibracte, Gergovia, attack of Delphi in 279 BC.
Pitch changes are made via embouchure on the trombone-sized mouthpiece. Played and recorded by Kabuto 7
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