Russia/Music/Instruments Pg 5
Woodwinds
Woodwinds: Russian Folk Orchestra Music is scored for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon. In addition, a variety of unique folk wind instruments are used for some songs played by the orchestra. These include the zhaleika, rozhok, svirel, bryolka, Vladimir horn, volynka and sopilka as well as others more rare and obscure.
Picture at the right: Zhaleika at the top and the Rozhok below. You can here these instruments on the audio clip from the "Instruments" page 1.
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