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Drymba (Ukraine)DrymbaDrymba is a small metal tool in the form of a horseshoe with a special tongue. They play it holdin...
11/21/2022

Drymba (Ukraine)
Drymba
Drymba is a small metal tool in the form of a horseshoe with a special tongue. They play it holding their teeth and pulling a finger on this tongue - in this way the mouth and teeth serve as a resonator. The instrument is quite common, for example, among the northern peoples called the jew's harp.

Kugikly (Ukraine)KugiklyThe original multi-barreled flute. Such tools were made from reed stalks. It is a set of 2-5 tub...
11/19/2022

Kugikly (Ukraine)
Kugikly
The original multi-barreled flute. Such tools were made from reed stalks. It is a set of 2-5 tubes of various lengths of approximately the same diameter, the longest of which can reach almost 20 cm. The tubes are made from dry stems of kugi (marsh reeds). In Ukraine, the instrument was made from viburnum, elderberry and hazel - the local version is called kuvitsy.

Zhaleika (Russia)zhaleikaPopular Russian wind instrument. It is a reed tube with a special bell made of birch bark. The ...
11/16/2022

Zhaleika (Russia)
zhaleika
Popular Russian wind instrument. It is a reed tube with a special bell made of birch bark. The number of holes is from three to seven. There is an opinion that this instrument is a direct predecessor of the clarinet.

Bugai (Ukraine)BullAncient percussion instrument. It is a container that is covered with stretched skin of the bladder w...
11/14/2022

Bugai (Ukraine)
Bull
Ancient percussion instrument. It is a container that is covered with stretched skin of the bladder with a tuft of horsehair that runs through the center. The instrument is played by pulling this hair, which results in an interesting and very original sound

Bock (Czech Republic and Poland)
11/14/2022

Bock (Czech Republic and Poland)

Sopilka (Ukraine)Folk Ukrainian instrument, known since ancient times. It was made from a wedge, elder or walnut branch....
10/31/2022

Sopilka (Ukraine)

Folk Ukrainian instrument, known since ancient times. It was made from a wedge, elder or walnut branch. The length reached 30 - 40 cm, had 4-5-6 holes. Currently, the concert flute is widespread, which has 10 holes.

Wheel lyre or relay (Europe)hurdy gurdyQuite an unusual option, popular in many countries of Eastern Europe. This is an ...
10/31/2022

Wheel lyre or relay (Europe)
hurdy gurdy
Quite an unusual option, popular in many countries of Eastern Europe. This is an old string instrument. It is a combination of string and keyboard performance, therefore it produces the sound of a violin, and sometimes bagpipes.

Bandura (Ukraine)BanduraUkrainian folk stringed musical instrument. It has an oval body and a short neck. Strings on old...
10/31/2022

Bandura (Ukraine)
Bandura
Ukrainian folk stringed musical instrument. It has an oval body and a short neck. Strings on old instruments - 12-25, on modern ones - 53-70. The bandura is distinguished by its fullness of sound and a bright characteristic timbre.

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