Taragot
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The Taragot is a Hungarian reed instrument related to the saxophone and clarinet.
It was developed in the late 19th century, as a reinvention of the traditional tarogato (a six-hole double reed shawm) by a collaboration between the Hungarian composer and musicologist Gyula Kaldy and the Budapest instrument maker J.V. Schunda. Modifications included its use of a single reed and Albert system clarinet fingering. The taragot is rarely used in Hungary today, but i has become one of the most important instruments in Romanian folklore.
[edit] References
- Taragot 11thMUSE.com
- The Tárogató Stephen Fox clarinets
- Taragot regional map Map with areas in which the taragot is used
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