Truba

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Truba
HS#:422.121-1
Truba
Classification
Playing range

c3-g5
Related instruments
  • Lihava
  • Sihna'na truba
  • Rih


The Wooden Trumpet (Truba, (Ukrainian: Труба) Lihava, Cossack Trumpet, Sihnal'na truba) The truba or lihava is an instrument of the surma type, only with a mouthpiece like that of a standard trumpet made of wood. The instrument has seven to ten finger-holes and is presently used in contemporary folk instrument orchestras.

Top instrument is a Surma. Below is a Ukrainian cossack trumpet
Top instrument is a Surma. Below is a Ukrainian cossack trumpet

[edit] Sources

  • Humeniuk, A. - Ukrainski narodni muzychni instrumenty - Kyiv: Naukova dumka, 1967
  • Mizynec, V. - Ukrainian Folk Instruments - Melbourne: Bayda books, 1984
  • Cherkasky, L. - Ukrainski narodni muzychni instrumenty // Tekhnika, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2003 - 262 pages. ISBN 966-575-111-5