Frula
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The frula (pronounced [frǔla]), sometimes called duduk, is a musical instrument which resembles a small recorder or flute. It is typically made of wood and has six holes. It is an end-blown aerophone. The frula is a traditional instrument of shepherds, who would play while tending their flocks.
Similar instruments are played throughout Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Other names for this instrument and similar instruments are:floghera (Greece), fluier (Romania), furulya (Hungary) and fujarka (Poland). Although it shares the same name as the Bulgarian and Serbian Vlach duduk, the Armenian duduk is a double-reed instrument, very different from the frula.
Dvojnice
Besides standard "Frula" in Serbia is common double pipe Frula called "Dvojnice" probably coming from word dva - two. "Dvojnice" gives much richer sound, however it is harder to blow in it, because it uses twice as much air.
See also
- List of European folk music traditions
- dentsivka, Ukraine
- Ney
- Duduk, Armenia and Turkey
- Flute
- Jedinka
- Dilli Kaval
- Shvi
- Kaval
References
- Traditional Serbian musical instruments
- The fluier, a similar instrument
- Rastko S. Jakovljevic, Man — Instrument — Sound: Aspects of the Development of Svirala in Serbia [1]
