The Frilka is a more perfected form of sopilka, a traditional Ukrainian flute. It is an open-ended notched flute, a pipe of approximately 8 inches in length. It was often played at funerals in the Carpathians. Often is accompanied with glutteral humming which produces an ostinato tone or drone. Woodwinds,
Sopilka is a general name of the flute family woodwind instruments used in Ukrainian folk music. Most commonly refers to a fife made of a variety of materials (traditionally out of wood) and has 6 to 10 finger holes. There are prima, alto and bass sopilkas in the collection, Woodwinds,
The kaval is a chromatic end-blown flute traditionally played throughout Azerbaijan, Turkey, Hungary, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, southern Serbia, Ukraine, Moldova, northern Greece, Romania, and Armenia. The kaval is primarily associated with mountain shepherds throughout the Balkans and Anatolia. Woodwinds,
The Telenka (telynka, tylynka) is a primitive form of sopilka without fingerholes. The pitch produced from the instrument is changed by placing a finger into the open end of the pipe and covering this opening by a half or third etc. and also by the strength of the player's breath. Woodwinds,
Zozulka (Ocarina) is a simple wind instrument, made of wood or clay often in the shape of birds, fishes, etc. It has a tender fairytale sound and is used to imitate sounds of birds and animals as well as a toy for kids. Zozulka is translated from Ukrainian as a ‘little cuckoo’. Woodwinds,
The Dzholomyga (or Dvodentsivka) is a woodwind musical instrument. It differs from the true sopilka in that the dentsivka has a fipple, like the western European recorder. It is thus classified as a duct flute. Two dentsivkas are joined together into one which is called Dvodentsivka, or Dzholomyga, Woodwinds,
The kaval is a chromatic end-blown flute traditionally played throughout Azerbaijan, Turkey, Hungary, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, southern Serbia, Ukraine, Moldova, northern Greece, Romania, and Armenia. The kaval is primarily associated with mountain shepherds throughout the Balkans and Anatolia. Woodwinds,
The kaval is a chromatic end-blown flute traditionally played throughout Azerbaijan, Turkey, Hungary, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, southern Serbia, Ukraine, Moldova, northern Greece, Romania, and Armenia. The kaval is primarily associated with mountain shepherds throughout the Balkans and Anatolia. Woodwinds,
The Frilka is a more perfected form of sopilka, a traditional Ukrainian flute. It is an open-ended notched flute, a pipe of approximately 8 inches in length. It was often played at funerals in the Carpathians. Often is accompanied with glutteral humming which produces an ostinato tone or drone. Woodwinds,
The Telenka (telynka, tylynka) is a primitive form of sopilka without fingerholes. The pitch produced from the instrument is changed by placing a finger into the open end of the pipe and covering this opening by a half or third etc. and also by the strength of the player's breath. Woodwinds,
The Floyara is a more perfected form of the sopilka. It is characterized as an open ended notched flute. The floyara is a pipe of approximately a metre in length. It was often played at funerals in the Carpathian mountains. Woodwinds,
The kaval is a chromatic end-blown flute traditionally played throughout Azerbaijan, Turkey, Hungary, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, southern Serbia, Ukraine, Moldova, northern Greece, Romania, and Armenia. The kaval is primarily associated with mountain shepherds throughout the Balkans and Anatolia. Woodwinds,
The Telenka (telynka, tylynka) is a primitive form of sopilka without fingerholes. The pitch produced from the instrument is changed by placing a finger into the open end of the pipe and covering this opening by a half or third etc. and also by the strength of the player's breath. Woodwinds,
The kaval is a chromatic end-blown flute traditionally played throughout Azerbaijan, Turkey, Hungary, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, southern Serbia, Ukraine, Moldova, northern Greece, Romania, and Armenia. The kaval is primarily associated with mountain shepherds throughout the Balkans and Anatolia. Woodwinds,
The Floyara is a more perfected form of the sopilka. It is characterized as an open ended notched flute. The floyara is a pipe of approximately a metre in length. It was often played at funerals in the Carpathian mountains. Woodwinds,
The kaval is a chromatic end-blown flute traditionally played throughout Azerbaijan, Turkey, Hungary, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, southern Serbia, Ukraine, Moldova, northern Greece, Romania, and Armenia. The kaval is primarily associated with mountain shepherds throughout the Balkans and Anatolia. Woodwinds,
The Telenka (telynka, tylynka) is a primitive form of sopilka without fingerholes. The pitch produced from the instrument is changed by placing a finger into the open end of the pipe and covering this opening by a half or third etc. and also by the strength of the player's breath. Woodwinds,
Sopilka is a general name of the flute family woodwind instruments used in Ukrainian folk music. Most commonly refers to a fife made of a variety of materials (traditionally out of wood) and has 6 to 10 finger holes. There are prima, alto and bass sopilkas in the collection, Woodwinds,
Solomynka, or Zhaleika, Bryolka is the common Russian, Ukrainian, Belorussian wind instrument, also known as a "folk clarinet" or hornpipe. It was eventually incorporated into the balalaika band, the Hungarian tarogato, and may have contributed to the development of the predecessor of clarinet. Woodwinds,
The Frilka is a more perfected form of sopilka, a traditional Ukrainian flute. It is an open-ended notched flute, a pipe of approximately 8 inches in length. It was often played at funerals in the Carpathians. Often is accompanied with glutteral humming which produces an ostinato tone or drone. Woodwinds,
Zozulka (Ocarina) is a simple wind instrument, made of wood or clay often in the shape of birds, fishes, etc. It has a tender fairytale sound and is used to imitate sounds of birds and animals as well as a toy for kids. Zozulka is translated from Ukrainian as a ‘little cuckoo’. Woodwinds,
Sopilka is a general name of the flute family woodwind instruments used in Ukrainian folk music. Most commonly refers to a fife made of a variety of materials (traditionally out of wood) and has 6 to 10 finger holes. There are prima, alto and bass sopilkas in the collection, Woodwinds,