Floyera
Floyera ( Greek ), also flogera, phlogera, fluera , is the collective name for simple longitudinal flutes in Greek music that were traditionally played by mountain shepherds . Floyera is linguistically related to other pastoral flutes in Southeastern Europe, including Albanian flojere , Serbian frula and Romanian fluier .
The floyera is open at both ends and usually about 30 cm long. Length and material can vary. While the flutes used to be made by the shepherds themselves from a twig or bamboo, today there are also floyeras made of metal and plastic. The floyera has a thumb hole on the bottom and six (in rare cases seven) finger holes on the top.
In addition, small longitudinally blown flutes with seven holes are popularly called floyera . Longer floyeras also emerged in northern Greece, but these developments are usually called tzamara or gavali (derived from the Bulgarian kaval ).
literature
- R. Conway Morris: Floyera: In: Laurence Libin (Ed.): The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Vol. 2, Oxford University Press, Oxford / New York 2014, p. 321