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, and

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. Its etymology comes from the region

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, where it was borrowed from Romania. The ''volynka'' is constructed around a goat skin air reservoir into which air is blown through a pipe with a valve to stop air escaping. (Modern concert instruments often have a reservoir made from a basketball bladder}. A number of playing pipes wo to fourextend from the reservoir holding the air. The main playing pipe on which the melody is played has five to seven, sometimes eight finger holes. The other pipes produce a drone. This is usually either a single tonic note or a perfect fifth. Each of these playing pipes has a double reed usually made from a goose quill. In the 20th century this instrument has lost the popularity it had previously, and is rarely used today in an authentic context.

Modern usage

The instrument has gained popularity in stage performance. It has been used in a number of songs by

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. It also appears more in

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and

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ensembles.

Sources

*Humeniuk, A. - ''Ukrainski narodni muzychni instrumenty'' - Kyiv: Naukova dumka, 1967 *Mizynec, V. - ''Ukrainian Folk Instruments'' - Melbourne: Bayda books, 1984 *Cherkaskyi, L. - ''Ukrainski narodni muzychni instrumenty'' // Tekhnika, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2003 - 262 pages.

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Modern usage

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