Frula
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The frula (pronounced [frǔla], Serbian Cyrillic: фрула), also known as svirala (свирала) or jedinka, is a musical instrument which resembles a medium sized flute, traditionally played in rural Southeast Europe, primarily South Slavic countries. It is an end-blown aerophone with six holes, typically made of wood. The frula is a traditional instrument of South Slavic shepherds, who would play while tending their flocks.
For a list of similar instruments, see the section below.
Names
In Croatia, it is also commonly known as "jedinka".[1] Other local names in Croatia include žveglica, šaltva, kavela, ćurlik.[2] In English, the instrument has also simply been called the "Serbian flute".[3][4]
Overview
The frula is a small wooden flute with six holes.
Legacy
There are many events dedicated to the frula, such as the Prva pastirska frula in Jagnjilo, Dani Save Jeremića in Ražanj, sabori frulaša in Lelić and Prislonica, takmičenja frulaša in Iđoš, and Frula fest in Kruševac.[8]
A popular Serbian folk song is Ej čija frula
- Other similar flutes
- shvi, Armenia
- sopilka, Ukraine
- lamzdeliai, Lithuania
- floghera, Greece
- furulya, Hungary
- fujarka, Poland
- kaval, Turkey
- balaban or duduk, double-reed, Armenia and Azerbaijan
References
- ^ Rad kongresa. 1981. p. 334.
- ^ Danica. Hrvatsko književno društvo sv. Ćirila i Metoda. 1951.
Sviraljka s usnama »jedinka« (svirala, žveglica, šaltva, kavela, ćurlik, to su samo neka njezina lokalna imena)
- ^ Scribner's Magazine. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1922. p. 269.
- ^ Charles Austin Beard (1930). Toward Civilization. Longmans, Green and Company. p. 275.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-313-34436-7.
- ISBN 9788682893059.
- ISBN 978-0-674-01163-2.
- ^ "Edukativna radionica za zaštitu frulaške prakse AJ, ČIJA FRULA PO UNESKU SVIRA". Archived from the original on 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
- ^ NIN: nedeljne informativne novine. Politika. 1996. p. 6.
а чувена је она српска пе- сма ових простора „Еј, чија фрула овим шором свира"
- Rastko S. Jakovljević. "Man — Instrument — Sound: Aspects of the Development of Svirala in Serbia". Zbornik Matice srpske za scenske umetnosti i muziku. 41: 93–112.[permanent dead link]
- Silvana Djokić. "Frula a dvojnice v kontextu srbské hudební tradice" (PDF). Bakalářská Diplomová Práce (in Czech). Masaryk University.
