Catalan musical instruments

thumb|Dulzaina being played thumb|The Muixeranga song (Xavi Richart, valencian dolçaina with tabalet drum). thumb|100px|Dolçaina (Valencian Community, [[Spain).]]

The flabiol () is a Catalan woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes. It is one of the 12 instruments of the cobla. The flabiol measures about 25 centimeters in length and has five or six holes on its front face and three underneath.

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Catalan bagpipe

right|thumb|200px|Tamborí and keyed flabiol The tambori ( ) is a percussion instrument of about 10 centimetres diameter, a small shallow cylinder formed of metal or wood with a drumhead of skin. Its usual function is to accompany the playing of the flabiol in a cobla band, beating the rhythm of the sardana, the traditional dance of Catalonia.

right|thumb|Aspecte general The botet is a small instrument or bird call used in the Catalan region of Spain. It is used for calling quails into a trap, and is made out of a rabbit or a pigeon bone.

thumb|right|A fiscornaire of the Cobla Popular playing in front of a Barcelona cathedral