Volynka

Musical instrument

For the river in the Czech Republic, see Volyňka.

VolynkaClassification|

* Bagpiping

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Hornbostel–Sachs classification| 421.111-12
Related instruments

* Bock (Czech)
* Cimpoi (Romanian)
* Duda (Hungarian/Polish/Belarusian)
* Koza (Polish)
* Diple (Dalmatian Coast)
* Tulum (Turkish and Pontic)
* Tsambouna (Dodecanese and Cyclades)
* Askomandoura (Crete)
* Gajdy (Polish/Czech/Slovak)
* Gaita (Galician)
* Surle (Serbian/Croatian)
* Mezoued/Zukra (Northern Africa)
* Guda, tulum (Laz people)
* Dankiyo, zimpona (Pontic)
* Parkapzuk (Armenia)
* Gudastviri (Georgia)
* Tsimboni (Georgia) (Adjara)
* Shuvyr (Mari El Republic )
* Sahbr, Shapar (Chuvashia)
* Tulug (Azerbaijan)
* Gaida (South Eastern Europe) (the Balkans)

The volynka (Ukrainian: волинка, коза, Russian: волынка, Crimean Tatar: tulup zurna – see also duda, and koza) is a bagpipe. Its etymology comes from the region Volyn, Ukraine, where it was borrowed from Romania.[1]

The volynka is constructed around a goat skin air reservoir into which air is blown through a pipe with a valve to stop air escaping. (Modern concert instruments often have a reservoir made from a basketball bladder}. A number of playing pipes [two to four] extend from the reservoir holding the air. The main playing pipe on which the melody is played has five to seven, sometimes eight finger holes. The other pipes produce a drone. This is usually either a single tonic note or a perfect fifth. Each of these playing pipes has a double reed usually made from a goose quill. In the 20th century this instrument has lost the popularity it had previously, and is rarely used today in an authentic context.

## Modern usage

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The instrument has gained popularity in stage performance. It has been used in a number of songs by Russian rock bands DDT, Aquarium, and Aria. It also appears more in Ukrainian folk music and Russian folk music ensembles.

## See also

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* List of bagpipes
* Pilai, a Finnish bagpipe described as similar to the volynka

## Sources

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* 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

## References

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1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1986). Etymological dictionary of the Russian language. Moscow: Progress. p. 347.

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* Bayan (accordion)
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