sring
Sign in to saveThe sring (, also transliterated as ) is a shepherd's flute originating in Armenia. Sring is also the common term for end-blown flutes in general. These flutes are made either of a stork bone, bamboo, wood from the apricot tree or cane and have or eight finger holes, producing a diatonic scale. The Armenian musicologist Komitas believed that the sring was the most characteristic among the Armenian instruments.
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- Subclass of
- end-blown flute
- Country
- Armenia
- Image
- Blul-Yerevan1.jpg
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- indigenous to
- Armenia
- described at URL
- doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.L2214963
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- Shepherd's flute of medieval Armenia. "Sring" is also the common term for end-blown flutes in general.
- facet of
- music of Armenia
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The sring (, also transliterated as ) is a shepherd's flute originating in Armenia. Sring is also the common term for end-blown flutes in general. These flutes are made either of a stork bone, bamboo, wood from the apricot tree or cane and have or eight finger holes, producing a diatonic scale. The Armenian musicologist Komitas believed that the sring was the most characteristic among the Armenian instruments.
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