Can you blow a shofar?

[Moshe92]

Can you blow a shofar? I've never been able to do so.

[SW]

No, I can't and I never had one in my hands. But I think it's like blowing in a trumpet. I don't know...

[Zelhar]

It requires some mastering of technique because Shofar has no special mouth piece unlike a trumpet and most other wind pipe musical instruments.

[SW]

It requires some mastering of technique because Shofar has no special mouth piece unlike a trumpet and most other wind pipe musical instruments.

Ok. So you need to learn it like any other instrument? Or is it talent?

[The One and Only Mo]

I've tried a few times. It's not that hard, it's just hard to change to every different sound consistently.

[Zelhar]

It requires some mastering of technique because Shofar has no special mouth piece unlike a trumpet and most other wind pipe musical instruments.

Ok. So you need to learn it like any other instrument? Or is it talent?

It is not as versatile as a real musical instrument. You just have to practice first to learn how to make the sound, then how to make the specific types of calls it can make.

[muman613]

A shofar is a Rams Horn... It is not a 'musical instrument' per se... It must be learned how to create the three different calls of the Shofar:

Tekiah
Truah
Shevarim

The sequence of the shofar blowing is thus tekiah, shevarim-teruah, tekiah; tekiah, shevarim, tekiah; tekiah, teruah, and then a final blast of "tekiah gadola" which means "big tekiah," held as long as possible. This formula makes thirty sounds for the series, with tekiah being one note, shevarium three, and teruah nine. This series of thirty sounds is repeated twice more, making ninety sounds in all. The trebling of the series is based on the mention of teruah three times in connection with the seventh month (Lev. xxiii, xxv; Num. xxix), and also on the above-mentioned division of the service into malchiyot, zichronot, and shofarot. In addition to these three repetitions, a single formula of ten sounds is rendered at the close of the service, making a total of 100 sounds. According to the Sephardic tradition, a full 101 blasts are sounded, corresponding to the 100 cries of the mother of Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army who did not make it home after being assassinated by the biblical Yael (Judges 5:28). One cry is left to symbolize the legitimate love of a mother mourning her son.

[The One and Only Mo]

Don't let the sound of the shofar go in 1 ear and out the other.

[SW]

Here is an interesting video about the shofar

Enjoy it!

[AsheDina]

Here is an interesting video about the shofar

Enjoy it!

Nice, sends shivers through me

[The One and Only Mo]

Rosh Hashanah is almost here.