sring
The sring (also transliterated as srink) is a shepherd's flute originating in Armenia. 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.
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- Sring
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- end-blown flute
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- Armenia
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The sring (also transliterated as srink) is a shepherd's flute originating in Armenia. 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.
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The Armenian musicologist Komitas believed that the sring was the most characteristic among the Armenian instruments.
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• Name — Sring • Names — սրինգ, srink • Classification — Woodwind Instrument • Articles — Armenian music
Blul
Blul
The blul instrument is a particular variety of the sring family of flutes. It is often considered a modern evolution of the medieval sring, 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.
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Simulation and Offline Test of the Time-of-Flight Detector for the Isochronous Mass Measurement Terminal at HIAF-SRing (2026) — DataCite (Science Data Bank)
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- 1.McCollum, Jonathan. Sring. Grove Music. Oxford Music Online. 2011. 978-1-56159-263-0.
- 2.The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the Sixth to the Eighteenth Century by Agop Jack Hacikyan, Gabriel. Basmajian, Edward S. Franchuk
- 3.Wethli, Albi. Traditional Instruments and Music of Armenia. Face Music.
- 4.Ճանաչե՛նք մեր գործիքները. Music of Armenia.
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