{{Short description|Musical instrument}} {{Infobox Instrument |name=Sring |names=սրինգ, srink |image=File:Blul-Yerevan1.jpg |classification=Woodwind Instrument |range= |related= *Atenteben (Ghana) *Bansuri (India) *Chi (China) *Dizi (China) *Daegeum (Korea) *Dangjeok (Korea) *Danso (Korea) *Dongdi (China) *Hocchiku (Japan) *Jeok (Korea) *Ji (Korea) *Junggeum (Korea) *Kagurabue (Japan) *Khloy (Cambodia) *Khlui (Thailand) *Komabue (Japan) *Koudi (China) *Native American flute (United States and Canada) *Nohkan (Japan) *Ohe Hano Ihu (Polynesia) *Paixiao (China) *Quena (Andes) *Ryūteki (Japan) *Sáo (Vietnam) *Shakuhachi (Japan) *Shinobue (Japan) *Siku (Andes) *So (Korea) *Sogeum (Korea) *Suling (Indonesia) *Tongso (Korea) *Xiao (China) *Xindi (China) *Yak (Korea) *Yokobue (Japan) *{{Interlanguage link|Yue (instrument)|zh|3=籥|lt=Yue}} (China) |musicians= |articles= Armenian music }} The '''sring''' ({{langx|hy|սրինգ}}, also transliterated as {{Transliteration|hy|srink}}) is a shepherd's flute originating in Armenia. Sring is also the common term for end-blown flutes in general.<ref name=grove>{{cite book |last1=McCollum |first1=Jonathan |chapter=Sring |chapter-url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-4002214963 |website=Grove Music |date=2011 |publisher=Oxford Music Online |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.L2214963 |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |accessdate=3 August 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>''The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the Sixth to the Eighteenth Century'' by Agop Jack Hacikyan, Gabriel. Basmajian, Edward S. Franchuk</ref> The Armenian musicologist Komitas believed that the sring was the most characteristic among the Armenian instruments.
==Blul==
The ''{{ill|blul|hy|Բլուլ}}'' instrument is a particular variety of the sring family of flutes. It is often considered a modern evolution of the medieval sring,<ref name=grove /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wethli |first1=Albi |last2=Michaelian |first2=Andranik |last3=Steiner |first3=Hermelinde |title=Traditional Instruments and Music of Armenia |url=http://www.face-music.ch/instrum/armenia_instrum_en.html |website=Face Music |accessdate=3 August 2019}}</ref> with the primary differences being the presence of ring-shaped zones, both ends being thickened, and the resulting sound being characterized as velvety and slightly muted.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ճանաչե՛նք մեր գործիքները |url=https://musicofarmenia.com/hy/chanachenk-mer-gortsiknere |website=Music of Armenia |accessdate=3 August 2019 |archive-date=3 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803085959/https://musicofarmenia.com/hy/chanachenk-mer-gortsiknere |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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== External links == *[http://www.duduk.com/Blul-Sring-p-1-c-20.html Armenian Blul-Sring Combo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222205948/http://www.duduk.com/Blul-Sring-p-1-c-20.html |date=2007-02-22 }}
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Category:Armenian musical instruments Category:End-blown flutes
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