kaval

Also known as Balkan duduk, duduk, kavalče, Kaval playing

thumb|Bulgarian kaval in key of D (Re), Mopane wood, Pewter inlay - Wedding style kaval, made in 2012 by master craftsman Radoslav Paskalev, Virginia, USA The kaval is a chromatic end-blown oblique flute traditionally played throughout the Balkans (in Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Southern Serbia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Northern Greece, and elsewhere) and Anatolia (including Turkey and Armenia). The kaval is primarily associated with mountain shepherds.

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Instrument.name: Kaval
Instrument.background: woodwind
Instrument.image: Bulgarian kaval in key of D, African blackwood.jpg
Instrument.image_capt: Bulgarian kaval in key of D (Re), African blackwood, made in 2012 by master craftsman Radoslav Paskalev
Instrument.classification: Woodwind, Wind, Aerophone
Instrument.related: Çığırtma, Dilli Kaval, Duduk, Flute, Frula, Kawala, Jedinka, Ney, Shvi, Sring

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Hornbostel-Sachs classification: 421.111.12
Commons category: Kaval

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Contents

Construction
History
Playing
Types
Bulgaria
Romania and Moldova
Turkey
Greece
North Macedonia
Serbia
Albania and Kosovo
Related flutes
Svirka
Armenia
Bashkirs and Caucasus
See also
References
External links

Unlike the transverse flute, the kaval is fully open at both ends, and is played by blowing on the sharpened edge of one end. The kaval has eight playing holes (seven in front and one in the back for the thumb) and usually four more unfingered intonation holes near the bottom of the kaval. As a wooden rim-blown flute, kaval is similar to the kawala of the Arab world and ney of the Middle East.