Bock: Czech Republic musical instrument
Variants of the bock, a kind of bagpipe instruments were played in the Central Europe in what are known as the modern states of Austria, G...
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Variants of the bock, a kind of
bagpipe instruments were played in the Central Europe in what are known as the
modern states of Austria, Germany, Poland and Czech Republic. The tradition of
playing the musical instrument moved into the 20th century, mainly
in the Blata, Chodsko and Egerland provinces of Bohemia and among the sorbs of
Saxony. The name ‘bock’ means using the goatskin to construct the bag,
analogous to the common use of other goat-skin terms for bagpipe instruments in other nations like the
French cabrette.
The earliest explaination about the musical
instrument is illustrated on the plate XI and described by Micheal praetorius
in his treatise Musicum 2, De
Organographia, plates issued differently as Theatrum Instrumentorum.
The drone of the musical instrument is often pitched two octaves below
the tonic of the chanter. The single drone and the single chanter possess
cylindrical bores and adopt single reeds. The current version of the bock is
widely bellows-blown that has the benefit of permitting the piper to sing
together with the player of the musical instrument. These bellows-blown pipes
are said to have found their way into the southern and western Bohemia in the
starting part of the 19th century. The chanter and the drone of the
instrument terminate in amplifying the bells of horn or brass that is angled
upwards. The top end of the instrument’s chanter is usually shaped to be in the
form a goat-head. In Egerland-style musical instruments, the drone of the
instrument hangs downward from the bag of the instrument, besides in the
Bohemian version of the instrument, the drone of the instrument extends
backward over the shoulder of the player.
The musical instrument is now primarily played in Czech Republic,
especially in south Bohemia in Strakonice and in western Bohemia around the
town of Domazlice in the province that is known as Chodsko. As the revival of
the musical instrument continues, the instrument is also gaining ground in
Bavaria and Austria.
