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Ganurags (from Latvian: "shepherd's horn") is a Latvian folk
clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...
with a cylindrical wooden body onto which an animal-horn bell is attached to amplify the sound. Key systems were added to the instrument in the 20th century.


See also

* Birbynė *
Zhaleika The ''zhaleika'' (russian: жале́йка), also known as bryolka (''брёлка''), is the Slavic wind instrument, most used in Belarusian, Russian and sometimes Ukrainian ethnic music. Also known as a "folk clarinet" or hornpipe. The zhaleik ...
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Hornpipe The hornpipe is any of several dance forms played and danced in Britain and Ireland and elsewhere from the 16th century until the present day. The earliest references to hornpipes are from England with Hugh Aston's Hornepype of 1522 and others r ...


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Clarinets Latvian musical instruments {{SingleReed-instrument-stub