Vehicle horn of vehicle horns are used by percussionists as sound effects, or even melodically, in musical works. For example, George Gershwin's 1928 orchestral work "An American in Paris" calls for the use of 4 taxi horns. György Ligeti's opera "Le Grand Macabre" features two "Car Horn Preludes" scored for 12 bulb horns, each one tuned to a specific pitch. Klaxon is a trademark for a brand of electromechanical horn or alerting device. Mainly used on cars, trains and ships, Klaxon horns produce an easily identifiable sound, often transcribed onomatopoeiacally in English as "ahoooga." Like most mechanical horns, the klaxon has largely
Sound the Alarm (Saves the Day album) trilogy with the theme of self-discovery. It was followed by "Under the Boards" (2007) and "Daybreak" (2011). Conley said that "Sound the Alarm" was "an expression of discontent. "Under the Boards" is reflection and remorse. "Daybreak" is acceptance." All the album's songs were written by the band, with Conley providing lyrics. According to Conley, "Sound the Alarm" details the "furious truth of my aching heart, my tumultuous emotional landscape, and my fractured psyche. Knowing that I needed to turn myself around after nearly destroying myself and my relationships with my strained emotional existence". Describing the album's theme, Conley said it