Instruments
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English Horn
The English horn is the alto variant of the oboe, larger in size and lower in sound.
Bansuri
The bansuri is an Indian transverse bamboo flute, celebrated in myth as the instrument of the god Krishna.
Recorder
The recorder is a longitudinal flute with a whistle head — the principal wind instrument of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Bagpipe
The volynka (kozytsia, duda) is a Ukrainian wind instrument made from goat or sheep skin with several pipes.
Oboe
The oboe is a double-reed woodwind with a characteristic nasal, “Eastern” timbre.
Dvodentsivka
The dvodentsivka is a Ukrainian folk double flute — two sopilkas in one body.
Dizi
The dizi is a Chinese transverse bamboo flute with a special membrane that gives the sound its characteristic bright “buzz.”
Dudka
The dudka is the general name for simple Ukrainian folk flutes, made from willow, ash, or reed.
Duduk
The duduk is an Armenian double-reed woodwind with a warm, mournful voice.
Zholomyha
The zholomyha is a Hutsul double sopilka of two joined tubes, played to produce two melodic lines simultaneously.
