Hudok
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Hudok (Ukrainian: Гудок) is an ancient Ukrainian string musical instrument, which was played with a bow. It name comes from the word "to make noise, or to hum or buzz". A Hudok usually had 3 strings: 2 of them were played as a drone whereas the 3rd was tuned one fifth higher. All 3 strings were placed in the same plane, so a bow could make them all sound simultaneously. It is related to the Russian Gudok.
The Hudok is held in the lap of the player like in a cello or viola da gamba. It was made popular among skomorokhs. It can date back its history to the 12th century.
It is thought that the tuning of the instrument contained a drone tuned to a fifth similar to that of the Ukrainian lira.
In Western Ukraine, particularly in the Carpathian mountains the term Hudok is also used for folk violins and smaller oboes.[citation needed]
[edit] See also related instruments
[edit] Sources
- Humeniuk, A. - Ukrainski narodni muzychni instrumenty - Kyiv: Naukova dumka, 1967
- Mizynec, V. - Ukrainian Folk Instruments - Melbourne: Bayda books, 1984
- Cherkasky, L. - Ukrainski narodni muzychni instrumenty // Tekhnika, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2003 - 262 pages. ISBN 966-575-111-5
