# Pyzhatka

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[[File:Dudka, dudka dvoychatka, pyzhatka or pyzhatka (all can be categorized svirel).jpg|thumb|From the left [dudka](/source/dudka), dudka dvoychatka (a pair), and pyzhatka  (all can be categorized [svirel](/source/svirel), flutes)]]

The '''Pyzhatka''' ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Пыжатка) is a [Russia](/source/Russia)n folk [musical instrument](/source/musical_instrument), a wooden [flute](/source/flute), traditional for the [Kursk Oblast](/source/Kursk_Oblast).<ref>Бычков В. Н. Музыкальные инструменты. — М.: АСТ-ПРЕСС, 2000. — {{ISBN|5-7805-0537-3}}</ref>

Pyzhatka is made of a wooden tube, 15–25&nbsp;mm in diameter and 40–70&nbsp;cm long, one side of which is closed with a wad (''Pyzh'' in Russian). The wad has an oblique incision on it, which leads the air on a sharp edge of a square opening, forming a whistle like that of a [recorder](/source/recorder_(musical_instrument)). Unlike in the majority whistle flutes, though, the whistle of pyzhatka is then wound with a [wax](/source/wax)ed [thread](/source/thread_(yarn)), which gives the instrument a peculiar hissing sound. The flute has 6 finger holes (3 for the right, and 3 for the left hand), which covers one full [octave](/source/octave). To make the sound better, the pyzhatka flute is usually moistened before play, as it seals the holes and makes the notes clearer.<ref>[http://spacenation.info/pyjatka.html Pyzhatka at spacenation.info]- with pictures (Russian) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219182511/http://spacenation.info/pyjatka.html |date=2011-02-19 }}</ref>

Other local alternative names for pyzhatka include ''pazhatka'', ''puzhatka'', ''pikla'', or ''travyanka''.

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