Pilili
Pilili ( Georgian პილილი ) is a rare single- reed instrument that is played in the Republic of Adjara in southwest Georgia to accompany songs and dances.
Design
The pilili consists of a 25 to 30 centimeter long wooden play tube, which widens slightly like a funnel at the bottom. The types of wood used are plum or elder . At the upper end a short, thinner mouthpiece with an idioglotten reed is inserted, the length of which depends on the desired sound. The bamboo mouthpieces that are common today can be recognized by their lighter color; earlier mouthpieces were also made of plum wood. A thumb hole is missing, the five to seven finger holes covered one after the other produce the tone sequence of - es - f - gb - a flat - b - c2. The diatonic range is one octave .
Other single reed instruments in the region that are part of the reed pipe are the Turkish sipsi , the Uzbek sibiziq ( sibizgʻa ) and the Turkmen dilli tüýdük .
Style of play
In dance music, the pilili plays together with the cylinder drum doli . Otherwise she accompanies the singing voice in joking songs. The Turkish musician Birol Topaloğlu brings together other instruments of Turkish and Georgian folk music, including the pilili , in addition to the bagpipe tulum .
The most widely used Georgian wind instrument is the salamuri beaked flute .
Web links
- Pilili . hangebi.ge
Individual evidence
- ^ Musical Instruments in Georgia. International Research Center for Traditional Polyphony of Tbilisi State Conservatory