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Sousa's "March of the Royal Trumpets" - United States Marine Band (2017)
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From Wikipedia
The amakondere is a type of natural trumpet found in Uganda and Rwanda.
Low-pitched instruments are cut from the trunks of the papaw tree and are blown in a straight position through a mouth-hole at the end. In an ensemble of these instruments, each player sounds his single pitch. These come from the Lugbara and Kebu tribes of the west Nile region. They are played in groups of seven or more. These side-blown horns sometimes have a fingerhole, which is used for grace-note ornaments.
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- Sousa's "March of the Royal Trumpets" - United States Marine Band (2017) – Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q4739172 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Amakondere – CC BY-SA 4.0