The medieval instrument I have chosen is the shawm. The shawm is a big part of the medieval era. It is a double reed instrument. The tone of this instrument is sort of piercing. The music coming out of it is a bit shrill, and it sounds like it is quite loud. Just from this small excerpt played with the shawm, it does not seem like a wide range of dynamics are possible, seeing as how this was played at mezzo-forte the entire time. The range is fairly large, as the shawm seems to go into two octaves throughout the excerpt.
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