either from shawms brought to Japan by Portuguese Christian missionaries, or possibly Iberian traders in the 16th century. It is sometimes used in kabuki theatre performances. It is also strongly associated in popular culture with street vendors of ramen, who played a distinctive melody on it to attract customers. Modern performances Instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance—David Munrow and The Early Music Consort of London City of Lincoln Waites (The Mayor of Lincoln's own Band of Musick) Many recordings by Piffaro, The Renaissance Band feature shawms See also Bombard, a shawm of Brittany Gyaling, a Tibetan shawm-type instrument Hirtenschalmei or "shepherd's shawm" Hornpipe, a similar instrument with bagpipe fingering Piffero, a similar instrument from Italy which is still used in Italian folk music Taepyeongso, a shawm-type instrument used in folk music in Korea References Bibliography Baines, Anthony. 1967. Woodwind Instruments and Their History, third edition, reprinted with corrections 1977, with a foreword by Sir Adrian Boult. London: Faber & Faber . Unaltered reprinted, New York: Dover Publications, 1991. External links Video of a band in Germany in Lubeck 2017 playing "shawms"; the Germans call this instrument a "Schalmei". Definitely will bring a smile to your face! The Renaissance Shawm Dolçaina valenciana Shawm The Dulcian Early musical instruments Single oboes with conical bore Swiss musical instruments Double-reed instruments Articles containing video clips