Bombard: wehewehe o ka mea kani, haku mele, kani, ano
He mea kani kahiko ka bombarda no ka hoʻokani ʻana i nā mele Breton. ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻoholo ʻia ka lā o kona helehelena, akā ua ʻike maopopo ʻia i ke kenekulia 16th ua kaulana loa ka bombard. Manaʻo ʻia kēia mea kani kekahi o nā kūpuna o ka bassoon.
ʻO ka bombard he paipu hoʻoheheʻe conical pololei me kahi kumu hoʻoheheʻe mai ʻekolu mau ʻāpana hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia:
- ʻohe lua;
- ke kumu a me ka hale;
- pu.
No kāna hana ʻana, ua hoʻohana ʻia nā lāʻau paʻakikī, no ka laʻana, pear, boxwood, baya. Ua hana ʻia ka ʻohe lua.
Hōʻike ʻia ke kani e ka mana a me ka ʻoi. ʻElua octave ka laulā me kahi hapakolu liʻiliʻi. Ma muli o ke tonality, ʻekolu ʻano o kēia mea kani:
- Soprano. Nā hiʻohiʻona i ke kī o B-flat me ʻelua mau clefs (A a me A-flat).
- Alto. Kani ma ke kī o D a i ʻole E-flat.
- Tenor. Aia ka leo ma B-flat, akā he octave haʻahaʻa ma mua o ka soprano.
I ka honua hou, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike pinepine i kahi hiʻohiʻona soprano. Hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Alto a me tenor i nā hui aupuni.
ʻOiai ka hoʻohana nui ʻia ʻana o ka bombard i ke kenekulia 16, me ka hiki ʻana mai o nā mea kani mele e like me ka bassoon a me ka oboe, nalowale kona kaulana a lilo i mea kani maʻemaʻe.