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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Frula > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Frula.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frula > Source revision: 1336758169 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Serbian musical instrument}} {{Infobox instrument |name=Frula |image=Етнологија - фрула.jpg |caption=A frula, in the collections of the Toplice National Museum, [Prokuplje](/source/Prokuplje), Serbia. |names= |classification= *[Woodwind](/source/Woodwind) *[Wind](/source/Wind_instrument) *[Aerophone](/source/Aerophone) |range= |related=see list }} The '''frula''' ({{IPA|sh|frǔla|pron}}, {{lang-sr-Cyrl|фрула}}), also known as '''svirala''' (свирала) or '''jedinka''', is a musical instrument which resembles a medium sized [flute](/source/flute), traditionally played in rural [Southeast Europe](/source/Southeast_Europe), primarily [South Slavic](/source/South_Slavs) countries. It is an end-blown [aerophone](/source/aerophone) with six holes, typically made of wood. The frula is a traditional instrument of South Slavic [shepherd](/source/shepherd)s, 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".{{cite book|title=Rad kongresa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bYgLAAAAIAAJ|year=1981|page=334}} Other local names in Croatia include ''žveglica'', ''šaltva'', ''kavela'', ''ćurlik''.{{cite book|title=Danica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pFsoAQAAMAAJ|year=1951|publisher=Hrvatsko književno društvo sv. Ćirila i Metoda.|quote=Sviraljka s usnama »jedinka« (svirala, žveglica, šaltva, kavela, ćurlik, to su samo neka njezina lokalna imena)}} In English, the instrument has also simply been called the "Serbian flute".{{cite book|title=Scribner's Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zfEqAQAAMAAJ|year=1922|publisher=[Charles Scribner%27s Sons](/source/Charles_Scribner%2527s_Sons)|page=269}}{{cite book|author=Charles Austin Beard|title=Toward Civilization|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K3VCAAAAIAAJ|year=1930|publisher=Longmans, Green and Company|page=275}} ==Overview== The frula is a small wooden flute with six holes.{{cite book|author=Christopher Deliso|title=Culture and Customs of Serbia and Montenegro|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mbATAQAAIAAJ|year=2009|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-34436-7|page=140}} In rural Southeast Europe, the frula was played by shepherds while tending their flocks. It is a traditional instrument of Serbia,{{cite book|author1=Dragoljub Zamurović|author2=Ilja Slani|author3=Madge Phillips-Tomašević|title=Serbia: life and customs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wXAMAQAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=ULUPUDS|page=188|isbn=9788682893059 }} one of several aerophones used for leisure time, rituals, or accompanying the ''[kolo](/source/Kolo_(dance))'' (circle dance), along with long flutes (''duduk'', ''cevara''), the double flute (''dvojnice''), and the bag-pipe (''[gajde](/source/gajde)'').{{cite book|author=Don Michael Randel|title=The Harvard Dictionary of Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=02rFSecPhEsC&pg=PA771|year=2003|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-01163-2|pages=771–}} ==Legacy== There are many events dedicated to the frula, such as the ''Prva pastirska frula'' in [Jagnjilo](/source/Jagnjilo_(Mladenovac)), ''Dani Save Jeremića'' in [Ražanj](/source/Ra%C5%BEanj), ''sabori frulaša'' in [Lelić](/source/Leli%C4%87) and [Prislonica](/source/Prislonica), ''takmičenja frulaša'' in [Iđoš](/source/I%C4%91o%C5%A1), and ''Frula fest'' in [Kruševac](/source/Kru%C5%A1evac).{{cite web|url=http://www.teklareka.rs/index.php/internauti/item/767-edukativna-radionica-za-zastitu-frulaske-prakse-aj-cija-frula-po-unesku-svira/767-edukativna-radionica-za-zastitu-frulaske-prakse-aj-cija-frula-po-unesku-svira|title=Edukativna radionica za zaštitu frulaške prakse AJ, ČIJA FRULA PO UNESKU SVIRA|access-date=2015-04-08|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150408122639/http://www.teklareka.rs/index.php/internauti/item/767-edukativna-radionica-za-zastitu-frulaske-prakse-aj-cija-frula-po-unesku-svira/767-edukativna-radionica-za-zastitu-frulaske-prakse-aj-cija-frula-po-unesku-svira|archive-date=2015-04-08|url-status=dead}} A popular Serbian folk song is ''Ej čija frula''{{cite book|title=NIN: nedeljne informativne novine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EdQTAQAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Politika|page=6|quote=а чувена је она српска пе- сма ових простора „Еј, чија фрула овим шором свира"}} ("O, whose frula"), recorded by, among others, [Braća Bajić](/source/Bra%C4%87a_Baji%C4%87), [Radiša Urošević](/source/Radi%C5%A1a_Uro%C5%A1evi%C4%87) and [Cune Gojković](/source/Predrag_Gojkovi%C4%87-Cune). ;Other similar flutes * ''[shvi](/source/shvi)'', Armenia * ''[sopilka](/source/sopilka)'', Ukraine * ''[lamzdeliai](/source/lamzdeliai)'', Lithuania * ''[floghera](/source/floghera)'', Greece * ''[furulya](/source/furulya)'', Hungary * ''[fujarka](/source/fujarka)'', Poland * ''[kaval](/source/kaval)'', Turkey * ''[balaban](/source/Balaban_(instrument))'' or ''[duduk](/source/duduk)'', double-reed, Armenia and Azerbaijan ==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite journal |author=Rastko S. Jakovljević |title=Man — Instrument — Sound: Aspects of the Development of Svirala in Serbia |url=https://www.academia.edu/37795460 |journal=Zbornik Matice srpske za scenske umetnosti i muziku |volume=41 |pages=93–112}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} *{{cite journal | author = Silvana Djokić | title= Frula a dvojnice v kontextu srbské hudební tradice | url= http://is.muni.cz/th/161926/ff_b/Bakalarska_diplomova_prace.pdf | language = Czech | journal=Bakalářská Diplomová Práce| publisher= [Masaryk University](/source/Masaryk_University)}} {{commons category|Frula}} {{Flutes}} {{Serbian souvenirs}} Category:Fipple flutes Category:Croatian musical instruments Category:Serbian musical instruments Category:Music of Croatia Category:Music of Serbia --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Frula](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frula) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frula?action=history)). 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