The karamuza (), is a type of
Greek
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reed instrument, likely having descended from the
aulos
An ''aulos'' (plural ''auloi''; , plural ) or ''tibia'' (Latin) was a wind instrument in ancient Greece, often depicted in art and also attested by archaeology.
Though the word ''aulos'' is often translated as "flute" or as " double flute", ...
, a common instrument of
ancient Greece
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and
Rome
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. It is made from
wood
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, with a typical length of about 60 cm. The karamuza was extant in Greek music long before the import of the
klarino, and its usage is ubiquitous in
Greek folk music
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, particularly in
Thessalia
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, the
Peloponnese
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, and
Macedonia
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* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
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.
See also
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Aulos
An ''aulos'' (plural ''auloi''; , plural ) or ''tibia'' (Latin) was a wind instrument in ancient Greece, often depicted in art and also attested by archaeology.
Though the word ''aulos'' is often translated as "flute" or as " double flute", ...
*
Greek musical instruments
Greek musical instruments were grouped under the general term "all developments from the original construction of a tortoise shell with two branching horns, having also a cross piece to which the stringser from an original three to ten or even mo ...
*
Greek folk music
Greek traditional music (, , 'traditional music'; also , , 'folk songs') includes a variety of Culture of Greece, Greek styles played by Greek people, ethnic Greeks in Greece, Cyprus, Australia, the United States and other parts of Europe. Apar ...
*
Greek music
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References
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Reed aerophones