Frula

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A frula is the Croatian and Serbian name for a musical instrument which resembles a small recorder or flute. It is an end-blown aerophone. Similar instruments are played throughout Eastern Europe and the Balkans. It is typically made of wood and has six holes.

The frula is a traditional instrument of shepherds, who would play while tending their flocks.

Other names for this instrument and similar instruments are: duduk (Bulgaria), dentsvika (Ukraine), dudka (Ukraine), duduk (Serbian Vlach), floghera (Greece), fluier (Romania), furulya (Hungary), fujarka (Poland), jedinca (Croatia), and ovcharska svirka (Turkey).

[edit] See also

• Duduk
• List of European folk music traditions

[edit] References

• Traditional Serbian musical instruments
• The fluier, a similar instrument