- Okaryna
Infobox Instrument
name=Okaryna
names=HS#:421.221.42
classification=
*Aerophone
range= Varies - Usually One octave range
related=
*Ocarina
*Zozulka The Zozulka ( _uk. Зозулка)(Okaryna,
Ocarina )Originally invented about 1860 inItaly , the ocarina is a vesselflute in the shape of an egg with ten finger-holes. The name in Italian means "little goose." The Ukrainian ocarina belongs to the group of whistle instruments and in fact is a sophisticatedsvystun . Usually these instruments are made of clay with seven or eight and sometimes ten finger-holes. The instrument is in widespread use in theCarpathian Mountain area of Ukraine especially among theHutsuls where it is known as azozulka : a name derived from the Ukrainian word for a small cuckoo bird.ources
*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
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