The lytavry () (also tulumbasy) are a bass drum similar to the
kettle drums
Timpani (; ) or kettledrums (also informally called timps) are musical instruments in the percussion instrument, percussion family. A type of drum categorised as a hemispherical drum, they consist of a Membranophone, membrane called a drumhead, ...
or
timpani
Timpani (; ) or kettledrums (also informally called timps) are musical instruments in the percussion instrument, percussion family. A type of drum categorised as a hemispherical drum, they consist of a Membranophone, membrane called a drumhead, ...
used in
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
. The lytavry were used in Ukraine from the times of the
Cossacks
The Cossacks are a predominantly East Slavic languages, East Slavic Eastern Christian people originating in the Pontic–Caspian steppe of eastern Ukraine and southern Russia. Cossacks played an important role in defending the southern borde ...
, and probably earlier as a signaling device to announce meetings and enemy attacks. They are used in Ukrainian folk instrument orchestras.
Hornbostel-Sachs classification number 211.11
See also
*
Ukrainian folk music
Ukrainian may refer or relate to:
* Ukraine, a country in Eastern Europe
* Ukrainians, an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine
* Demographics of Ukraine
* Ukrainian culture, composed of the material and spiritual values of the Ukrainian peopl ...
Sources
*Cherkaskyi, L. - ''Ukrainski narodni muzychni instrumenty'' // Tekhnika, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2003 - 262 pages.
Ukrainian musical instruments
Drums
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