Guggenmusik
guggenmusik also known guggemoseg guuggemusig chatzemusig term widely used alemannic region switzerland austria southern germany designate carnival marching band type music play guggenmusik played fasnacht swabianalemannic carnival season swabian–alemannic fastnacht celebrated various locality basler fasnacht luzerner fasnacht eiszweigeissebei rapperswil many term common explanation word gugge may derive alemannic sacktüte meaning bag unsourced explanation include word used small childrens trumpet swiss german word scream cuckoo call guggemusik band thus refers group people playing loud music typically wearing costume mask uniform style strongly rhythmic music distinctive style played brass instrument pipe drum although melody remain clearly recognizable time played offkey intentionally often quite skillfully driven dominant rhythm section music sound twisted thrilling danceable perfect spontaneous street concert wild day carnival today many type guggenmusik inspire carnival celebrant band usually play wellknown pop song also folk tune childrens music hard arrive single definition guggenmusik various region carnival tradition besides traditional brass instrument like trumpet tuba trombone andor sousaphone well drum today almost loud instrument may use steel drum bagpipe piccolo clarinet saxophone etc first explicitly mentioned th century ad type music origin folk custom chasing away spirit winter blowing cow horn end music carnival season also needed sufficiently loud weird frightening rattle tin pail drum cow bell whistle came use imaginative mask costume frighten away spirit winter initially fashioned towel old rag brass marching band part fasnacht celebration basel first time term guggenmusik first documented basel carnival since guggenmusik boomed performed usually shrove tuesday known guggetag gugge fever spilled switzerland southern germany italy austria similar music costume carnival tradition part netherlands belgium called nldweilorkest present world largest international guggenmusik gathering twoday event held annually schwäbisch gmünd germany bringing together band austria germany liechtenstein great britain switzerland attracting visitor guggenmusik fasnacht total german geographical distribution guggemapat archived wayback machine german gugge fasnacht archived wayback machine german