Çığırtma or çağırtma
is a Turkish
folk instrument
A folk instrument is a traditional musical instrument that has remained largely restricted to traditional folk music, and is not usually used in the classical music or other elite and formal musical genres of the culture concerned, though relate ...
of the
wind type.
The çığırtma is made from the wing bone of an
eagle
Eagle is the common name for the golden eagle, bald eagle, and other birds of prey in the family of the Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of Genus, genera, some of which are closely related. True eagles comprise the genus ''Aquila ( ...
. It is known to be used mostly by shepherds and is an almost forgotten instrument today. It has a total of seven melody holes, with six on the top and one underneath. It is about 15–30 centimeters (5.9–11.8 inches) long.
See also
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Kaval
The kaval is a Diatonic and chromatic, chromatic end-blown flute, end-blown oblique flute traditionally played throughout the Balkans (in Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Southern Serbia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Northern Greece, and elsewhere) and ...
References
Turkish musical instruments
Flutes
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