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Trembita
Alpine horn (musical instrument) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The trembita (from the old Germanic trumba, "to trumpet", in Ukrainian трембíта) is a type of an alpine horn made of wood. It is common among Ukrainian highlanders Hutsuls who live in western Ukraine, eastern Poland, Slovakia, and northern Romania. In Poland it is known as a trombita (in the south), a bazuna (in the north), or a ligawka (in central Poland). Trembita is also one of the Ukrainian folk musical instruments.
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![]() A Ukrainian highlander playing the trembita | |
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Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 423.121-12 |
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c1-g4 | |
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