The floyara ( uk, Флояра) (Floyarka) is a more perfected form of the
sopilka
Sopilka (, uk, Cопiлка) is a name applied to a variety of woodwind instruments of the flute family used by Ukrainian folk instrumentalists. ''Sopilka'' most commonly refers to a fife made of a variety of materials (but traditionally out o ...
. It is characterized as an open ended
notched flute. The floyara is a pipe of approximately a metre in length. One end is sharpened and the breath is broken against one of the sides of the tube at the playing end. Six holes in groups of three are burnt out in the centre of the instrument. It was often played at funerals in the
Carpathian mountains. The floyarka is a smaller version of the floyara and is similar to the sopilka and
frilka
The frilka ( uk, Фрілка) is a more perfected form of the sopilka, a traditional Ukrainian flute. The frilka is a smaller version of the floyarka.
The frilka is characterized as an open-ended notched flute. It is a pipe of approximately a ...
. The floyara is approximately 60 cm (24 in) long. The mouthpiece is sharpened into a cone-like edge and the instrument produces a sound similar to that of the
flute. Shepherds were also able to accompany themselves with glutteral humming which produced an ostinato tone or drone. The floyarka is often called a
frilka
The frilka ( uk, Фрілка) is a more perfected form of the sopilka, a traditional Ukrainian flute. The frilka is a smaller version of the floyarka.
The frilka is characterized as an open-ended notched flute. It is a pipe of approximately a ...
or sometimes
zubivka
The zubivka ( uk, Зубівка, hu, Beregfogaras) also known as a (Skosivka, Skisna Dudka, or Frukanka).
The zubivka is considered one of the oldest folk wind instruments in Ukraine and is found primarily in the Carpathian region.
It was fir ...
in central
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
.
The name is rather a contaminant from a Greek-Romanian filiation (more spread is the Slavic
sopilka
Sopilka (, uk, Cопiлка) is a name applied to a variety of woodwind instruments of the flute family used by Ukrainian folk instrumentalists. ''Sopilka'' most commonly refers to a fife made of a variety of materials (but traditionally out o ...
).
See also
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Ukrainian folk music
Ukrainian folk music includes a number of varieties of traditional, folkloric, folk-inspired popular music, and folk-inspired European classical music traditions.
In the 20th century numerous ethnographic and folkloric musical ensembles were e ...
Sources
*Humeniuk, A. - ''Ukrainski narodni muzychni instrumenty'' - Kyiv:
Naukova dumka
Naukova Dumka ( uk, Наукова Думка — literally "scientific thought") is a publishing house in Kyiv, Ukraine.
It was established by the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in 1922, largely owing to the efforts of Ahatanhel Krymsk ...
, 1967
*Mizynec, V. - ''Ukrainian Folk Instruments'' - Melbourne: Bayda books, 1984
*Cherkaskyi, L. - ''Ukrainski narodni muzychni instrumenty'' // Tekhnika, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2003 - 262 pages. {{ISBN, 966-575-111-5
External links
Samples and Pictures of Ukrainian Instruments
Ukrainian musical instruments
End-blown flutes