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OCR: FACTS BOX NAME: SIDE-BL OWN HORN FAMILY: Brass BRASS PITCH RANGE: Variable, but usually two or three notes. MA TERIAL: Animal horns and tusks SIZE: Variable ORIGINS: Side-blown horns have been played ir Africa for many centuries The example shown here from East Africa GOTOMAP CLASSIFICATION: Aerophone: an instrument that produces its sound by the vibration of a column of air DID YOU KNOW? Animal horns and tusks have been used as signaling instruments since the earliest times. By imitating the rhyth m and pitch pattern words you can "talk" on a horn and so send messag over long distances This can also be done with drums vibr messages