Dentsivka

Dentsivka

Classification	Aerophone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	421.221-12
Playing range
c3-g5

The dentsivka (Ukrainian: Денцівка) is a woodwind musical instrument with a fipple (mouthpiece).^[1] In traditional instruments, the tuning varies with the length of the tube. It is made in a variety of different sizes: the piccolo (tuned in F), prima (in C), alto (in G), tenor (in F), and bass (in C).

Two varieties of the instrument are the dvodentsivka and the pivtoradentsivka.

The dentsivka is a

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A dentsivka is made from a tube of wood approximately 30 to 40 centimetres (12 to 16 in) long.

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Some dentsivkas from Western Ukraine have five tone holes. In recent times, chromatic ten-hole fingering has been developed for this instrument that has carried on to most of the other instruments in the sopilka family.

The dentsivka is made in a variety of different sizes: the piccolo (tuned in F), prima (in C), alto (in G), tenor (in F), and bass (in C).

The dvodentsivkais made by joining two dentsivkas together into one instrument.

The pivtoradentsivka (

. The drone pipe in a pivtoradentsivka is usually shorter than the playing pipe. The instrument has the same fingering as the standard dentsivka.

• Ukrainian folk music

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

• Ukrainian folk musical instruments (in Russian)