KAUNAS PILENAI SECONDARY SCHOOL, LITHUANIA

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The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments published in England in 1984 mentions 48 Lithuanian musical instruments. The major among them - kankles (the zither), ragai (horns), skuduciai (pan pipes) are all popular musical instruments today. Children have never forgotten whistles made of clay and wood bark.

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kankles

ragai

skuduciai

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The skuduciai is a pipe of 8-20 cm lenght, 1-3 cm in diameter, they are made of wood (ash, alder, buckthorn, osier), of willow or linden bark, or of the hollow stems of umbelliferous plants. Each pipe produces one stable note. The sound is of short duration.

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SKUDUTIS SKUDUTIS ((panpipe)panpipe)

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Panpipes were extremely popular in middle and

northern Aukstaitija. Both instrumental and vocal

sutartines (ancient polyphonic songs) and

accompaniment to dances were played on them. In the 1920s this instrument was

modified.

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In the middle of this century music played on this instrument was introduced into the repertoire of professional folk companies, later on - in folklore groups.

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