The ''bucium'' (, also called ''trâmbiţă'' or ''tulnic'') is a type of alphorn used by mountain dwellers and by shepherds in

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and

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. The word is derived from

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'' bucinum'', originally meaning "curved horn", an instrument used by the Romans. The word is a cognate with English " bugle". The tube is made from limetree bark, wood, or even (partially) from metal. It is mostly used by shepherds for signaling and communication in the forested mountains, as well as for guiding sheep and dogs. ''Trâmbiţa'' (from the

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''trumba'', "to trumpet") produces sounds altogether different from those of the alphorn. Under the name ''

trembita The trembita (from the old Germanic ''trumba'', "to trumpet") is an alpine horn made of wood. It is common among Ukrainian highlanders Hutsuls who live in western Ukraine, eastern Poland, Slovakia, and northern Romania. In Poland it is known as ...

'' it is also used by the

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and the

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Gorals.

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