The ''dentsivka'' () is a woodwind musical instrument with a

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(mouthpiece).''Ukraine: a Concise Encyclopaedia''. Canada, Published for the Ukrainian National Association, University of Toronto Press, 1963. 381. In traditional instruments, the tuning varies with the length of the tube. It is made in a variety of different sizes: the piccolo (tuned in F), prima (in C), alto (in G), tenor (in F), and bass (in C). Two varieties of the instrument are the ''dvodentsivka'' and the ''pivtoradentsivka''.

Description

The ''dentsivka'' is a woodwind musical instrument. It differs from a ''

sopilka Sopilka (, ) is a name applied to a variety of woodwind instruments of the end-blown flute family used by Ukrainian folk instrumentalists. ''Sopilka'' most commonly refers to a fife made of a variety of materials (but traditionally out of elderb ...

'' in that, like the western European

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, it has a

(mouthpiece), and so is classified as a

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. A ''dentsivka'' is made from a tube of wood approximately long.

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s are cut (or burnt) into the tube and the fipple is made at one end. If the fipple is on the top of the instrument on the same plane as the playing holes, instead of the underside, the instrument is technically a ''kosa dudka'' (), though the distinction is not often made. The internal diameter is usually , with the walls of the tube being thick. In traditional instruments, the tuning varies with the length of the tube. The notes produced are usually

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, with a

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of two and a half

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s. Some ''dentsivkas'' from Western Ukraine have five tone holes. In recent times,

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ten-hole fingering has been developed for this instrument that has carried on to most of the other instruments in the ''sopilka'' family. The ''dentsivka'' is made in a variety of different sizes: the piccolo (tuned in F), prima (in C), alto (in G), tenor (in F), and bass (in C).

''Dvodentsivka'' and ''pivtoradentsivka''

The ''dvodentsivka''is made by joining two dentsivkas together into one instrument. The ''pivtoradentsivka'' () consists of two ''dentsivkas'' joined together, but with only one of the pipes having fingerholes, the other acting as a

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. The drone pipe in a ''pivtoradentsivka'' is usually shorter than the playing pipe. The instrument has the same fingering as the standard ''dentsivka''.

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(in Russian) {{Flutes, state=collapsed Internal fipple flutes Ukrainian musical instruments

Description

''Dvodentsivka'' and ''pivtoradentsivka''

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