The alpine horn gathering on the Chüematte

» Alpine horn sound: Alpine horn Trio Beatenberg

In the last years the alpine horn gathering on the Chüematte has raised to one of the biggest. Alpine horn blower and swinger for displayed with colours, as well as traditional costumes, yodelling and music formations from Beatenberg and around are involved in the entertainment program. Discover also the culinary highlights. For the beginning, it starts with the mountain mass at 10.30 h. Later at 12.00 h the dance presentations are set down. The Chüematte is achievable from Beatenberg-Waldegg with the car (grant necessary, at Tourist Center), with bicycle, per foot or with shuttle bus (from 9.00 h). March from Niederhorn or Vorsass takes approx. 1 ½ h.

Information: Tourist Center, Beatenberg / Aleksandra Simikic

24 Alphorns

Young flag wavers

Mountain mass with priest Lukas Stettler, Beatenberg

The mass starts with a musical beginning from the whole formation of the alpine horn blowers (24 alpine horn blowers).

During the mass, two children have been baptised, with musical support from the band of Beatenberg.

Secure "parking" for the valuable instruments ...

Four Alphorns from Beatenberg

Markus Jaun, Franz Grossniklaus, Andy Fuhrer und Urs Zimmermann

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Alp Chüematte 1692 m

During elevated temperature guests arrived to see this unique event. Franz Grossniklaus said satisfied: We have always been lucky to have great summer wheatear, except for the years 2005 and 1985. Around midday the musical presentations started. The local associations did a great job enjoying the viewers. The women of the local costumes are looking for the buffet and a good service.

The alpine horn gathering is a event pretty calm and easy, which always take course without trouble. “Many guests are so interested attending to this event, that they coordinate it with their holidays”, said Franz Grossniklaus. There is no competition between the alpine horn blowers, as well as no salary. As a souvenir, every guest receives a present, this time it was a pepper mill. One of the biggest goals of this event is to enjoy the time together and to get inspired of the great melodies. Franz Grossniklaus: “Blowing the alpine horn and being together, this is our motto.

Text: Monika Hartig (Berner Oberländer, swiss local journey)
(english: Tourist Center, Beatenberg / Aleksandra Simikic)

The flag-waving (and waving flags, banners or flags blow the game) is an old popular to put people at the short and with a heavy handle bearing flags in various artistic vibrations, and then toss the flags field.

Young Wind Joel Franken und Jasmin Gerber
with Franz Grossniklaus, Beatenberg

 

Photo opportunity with a Spanish tourist

Yodel Club Beatenberg

Talking shop via the mouthpiece of an Alphorn

The mouthpiece - an important criterion for good sound

The refreshment - meat and sausage

Chäsbrätel (cheese fry)

 

Organizer Franz Grossniklaus

 

Alpine Coffee

Alphorngruppe Thun

The way home for Hikers ...
Chüematte - Rischerental - Beatenberg

Alphorn sound with echo

... at the end of the good memories remain ...

Alphorn-Trio Beatenberg

» Alpine horn sound

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Information about Alphorn

The length of the Alphorn affects the pitch

In Switzerland, the F / G-Alphorn is most widespread in Germany, the F-Alphorn. In the normal execution can be decomposed alphorns today in two or three parts.

The sound generator is the Alphorn as with the entire family of brass instruments, not the instrument, but the body of the player and, more vibrant lips and his breathing apparatus. The instrument is basically really only reinforcing and modifying the sound function. The Alphorn you can play from the different frequencies that are generated by varying degrees of lip tension, not like most instruments, the entire scale, but only a part of this, the harmonic series. The slightly more or stretched lips of the player form a resistance to the air blown into the instrument and produce the sound vibrations with ever-increasing integer frequencies. The higher the lip tension, the faster the vibrations and the higher the sound. The weaker the lip tension, the deeper the tone. These so-called natural tones caused partly by the division of a string in the same circumstances can be created on any cylindrical or conical tube by overblown.

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Alphorn - Sound samples

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