The souravli (; Cretan Greek: θιαμπόλι ''thiamboli'', or φιαμπόλι ''fiamboli''; Cypriot Greek: πιθκιαύλιν "pithkiavlin") is a Greek folk instrument, a type of a
fipple
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flute made of reed or wood. It has a 2 octave
ambitus
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A double flute is called a disavli (δισαύλι), one with no holes and the other one having holes to play the melody.
In
Cyclades
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, the souravli is very widespread, especially in the Greek island of
Naxos
Naxos (; , ) is a Greek island belonging to the Cyclades island group. It is the largest island in the group. It was an important centre during the Bronze Age Cycladic Culture and in the Ancient Greek Archaic Period. The island is famous as ...
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See also
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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 ...
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Cretan lyra
The Cretan lyra () is a pear-shaped three-stringed Greece, Greek Violin, a traditional Greek musical instruments, musical instrument, central to the traditional music of Crete and other islands in the Dodecanese and the Aegean Islands, Aegean Ar ...
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Naxos
Naxos (; , ) is a Greek island belonging to the Cyclades island group. It is the largest island in the group. It was an important centre during the Bronze Age Cycladic Culture and in the Ancient Greek Archaic Period. The island is famous as ...
References
Traditional Greek instrumentsMusipedia: ΣουραύλιMusipedia: Θιαμπόλι
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Greek musical instruments
Fipple flutes