Sopilka
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Sopilka
I am learning to play this chromatic folk flute - not very well known outside Ukraine. Here are some music examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm9qW4Dr ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHvthlOW ... re=related
Wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopilka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm9qW4Dr ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHvthlOW ... re=related
Wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopilka
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Re: Sopilka
Sweet.
Looks and sounds much like a Serbian frula.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9t_gtHvPcU
Good luck !
...john
Looks and sounds much like a Serbian frula.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9t_gtHvPcU
Good luck !
...john
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Is it end blown, or fippled? I can't tell from the video's.
John
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It is a fipple flute. It is also chromatic (has 10 finger holes). Here is applicature for sopilka: http://www.vargan.ru/recorder/img_for_v ... pilka.jpegNZJLY wrote:Is it end blown, or fippled? I can't tell from the video's.
John
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Thank you for the link! I had no idea about this instrument. Beautiful!cadancer wrote:Sweet.
Looks and sounds much like a Serbian frula.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9t_gtHvPcU
Good luck !
...john
However, looks like it has 6 finger holes, not 10 like sopilka. Is this true?
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Actually sopilka used to have the good old 6 holes and is I think pretty similar to other Eastern European whistles. Russian/Ukrainian trad music lives on mostly through 'academic folk' (trad + popular = folk, trad + state/official/classical = this). So it was redesigned to have 10 holes (nonstandard fingerings, chromatic with one cross-fingering).
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Apparently, 10-hole sopilka is widely used now in musical schools in Ukraine. I learned that one of the advantages of this 10-hole system is that fingering is the same for all different sopilkas (soprano, alt, tenor, etc.).
Also, this fingering is easily learned (pretty intuitive). I am going to find out about this last statement
One thing is for sure: they are difficult to get if you don't leave in Ukraine or Russia!
Also, this fingering is easily learned (pretty intuitive). I am going to find out about this last statement
One thing is for sure: they are difficult to get if you don't leave in Ukraine or Russia!
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Re: Sopilka
Something with a variant of the same name from not far away is the Croatian double-reed "sopila". It is most often played in pairs, using the "Istrian scale".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4MMVAl7fFo
The (very weird) scale is described halfway down this page:
http://www.croatianhistory.net/etf/et12b.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4MMVAl7fFo
The (very weird) scale is described halfway down this page:
http://www.croatianhistory.net/etf/et12b.html
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Thank you for the link! It is interesting how almost the same name means totally different instrument.
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Re: Sopilka
Just got my new prima sopilka from e-bay (made by a craftsman from Western Ukraine, Vinnica). I crocheted the cover for it.
The wood is Hornbeam. I really like the sound of it: mellow and pleasant.
Another picture is of my Alto Sopilka.
The wood is Hornbeam. I really like the sound of it: mellow and pleasant.
Another picture is of my Alto Sopilka.
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Zabava77, do you have information for this seller? I did not find anything like this on ebay ...
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To chime in here, I think I bought a 10-hole sopilka from the same maker in late 2010/early 2011. I say "think" because I didn't buy it directly - I inquired about buying one with Yevshan Gifts (http://www.yevshan.com), as they didn't have one listed in their catalogue at the time. They contacted a craftsman in the Ukraine who came back with a price list, and I bought a mid-level model made of pine (custom-made, apparently). I'm pretty sure it's the same maker, because it has the squared-off head like the alto model above which as I understand it is somewhat uncommon (although mine is a prima), and the fingering chart it came with does reference "Vinnica" in Ukrainian. Yevshan wasn't forthcoming with the maker's name/exact location, etc, but that's understandable if they feel they have a unique source of instruments and don't want others intruding on that.
I just searched Yevshan's site for "sopilka", and they now have a 10-hole chromatic model listed for CDN$145. As the OP said, the 10-hole models are hard to find outside Ukraine/Russia - I spent some time trying to find one online and couldn't, so if this is now a product they can reliably have made, this is a boon for enthusiasts. Their communication with me and the maker was very good, and it was delivered as promised.
I have no affiliation with Yevshan except as a happy customer.
Now, if I can only find the time to learn how to play it
(Side note: in my reading I found that the version with a fipple is technically known as a "dentsivka", whereas a proper "sopilka" is end-blown like a kaval. However, it appears in practice in the Ukraine most folk flutes are simply called "sopilkas".)
I just searched Yevshan's site for "sopilka", and they now have a 10-hole chromatic model listed for CDN$145. As the OP said, the 10-hole models are hard to find outside Ukraine/Russia - I spent some time trying to find one online and couldn't, so if this is now a product they can reliably have made, this is a boon for enthusiasts. Their communication with me and the maker was very good, and it was delivered as promised.
I have no affiliation with Yevshan except as a happy customer.
Now, if I can only find the time to learn how to play it
(Side note: in my reading I found that the version with a fipple is technically known as a "dentsivka", whereas a proper "sopilka" is end-blown like a kaval. However, it appears in practice in the Ukraine most folk flutes are simply called "sopilkas".)
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The prima is in C and the alto is in G.
(I was incorrect about my purchase date - turns out I bought mine in late 2009. Time flies.)
(I was incorrect about my purchase date - turns out I bought mine in late 2009. Time flies.)
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Right now this seller does not have them. He suggested checking at the end of January. You can simply search "sopilka" then, and it will show up.gregwhistle wrote:Zabava77, do you have information for this seller? I did not find anything like this on ebay ...
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