Rischok
| Rischok, Rizhok, Rih | |
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| Ukrainian Ріжок, Ріг | |
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| Rischok | |
| classification | Woodwind instrument , single reed instrument , horn pipe |
| range | up to an octave |
Rischok or Rih (also Rizhok of Ukrainian Ріжок / Ріг, rižok / rih - "Horn") is a traditional woodwind instrument , which in the west of Ukraine , together with the natural trumpet Trembita in the Hutsul was widespread. It had between three and six finger holes (sometimes none). Mostly it was made from a cylindrical pipe with a cow horn as a bell. Thus it belongs to the horn pipes . Single reeds (more rarely double reeds ) were usually used as the mouthpiece .
Modern designs can have a body made of wood with seven finger holes, plastic is also used as the material for the leaf. The reed can be covered by a wooden wind capsule .
literature
- A. Humeniuk: Ukrainski narodni muzychni instrumenty . Kyiv: Naukova dumka, 1967
- V. Mizynec: Ukrainian Folk Instruments . Bayda books, Melbourne 1984
- L. Cherkasky: Ukrainski narodni muzychni instrumenty . Tekhnika, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2003, ISBN 966-575-111-5