Ranging from 160 to 200 cm long (5'3" – 6'6")[2] and tuned in A, G, or F. It has three tone holes (also called finger holes) located on the lower part of the main body. The sound is produced by a fipple at the upper end of the main body of the fujara. The air is led to the fipple through a smaller parallel pipe, called vzduchovod in Slovak (meaning "air channel"), mounted on the main body of the instrument. While it is possible to play the fundamental frequency on fujaras,[3] the normal playing technique is based on overblowing the instrument. Because of the high aspect ratio of the sound chamber (great length versus small internal diameter), the player can use overtones to play a diatonic scale using only the three tone holes. The fujara is typically played while standing, with the instrument held vertically and usually braced against the right thigh.
Slovak musician and instrument maker Ľubomír Párička plays the fujara
A fujara player.
The atypical design produces a deep, meditative timbre. Ornaments are traditionally added to the base melodies, which usually occur in the Mixolydian mode. Two common types of ornaments are prefuk, the rapid overblowing of a single note (from Slovak prefukovať 'to overblow'), and rozfuk, a descending cascade of overtones (from Slovak rozfúkať 'to scatter by blowing').
Traditionally, the fujara was played by shepherds for recreation. Today, the fujara has moved from the shepherds' fields to the stage of folk festivals in the Slovak towns of Východná and Detva. The instrument has also left Slovakia and is played all over the world; particularly by aficionados of native flutes in western Europe and North America. Despite this, the fujara has yet to gain popularity or much recognition outside of Slovakia. Most often the fujara is a solo instrument, but ensembles of two or three fujaras have been known, such as the Kubinec family or the Javorová Húžva trio.
^Smeets, Rieks (2006). "The Fujara and its Music". Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity(PDF). UNESCO. p. 86. Retrieved 2008-07-01. UNESCO has also provided a web page showing information about the fujara, but it "has no official status":
Minasyan, Anahit (2006-03-24). "Proclamation 2005: "The Fujara and its Music"". Slovakia - Information related to Intangible Cultural Heritage. UNESCO. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
Further reading
Eischek, Oskár (2006). Fujara: The Slovak Queen of European Flutes. Bratislava: Hudobné centrum. ISBN978-80-88884-91-0.
Malatinec, Roman; Danihel, Igor; Elschek, Oskár; Garaj, Bernard; Dauko, Miroslav Ruttkay (2004). Fujara – musical instrument and its music(PDF). Bratislava: Pro Musica.
External links
Look up fujara in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
www.Fujara.sk Fujjara samples
www.Fujaraflutes.com Fujara samples
www.tradicnepistaly.sk Fujara and other traditional Slovak instruments
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y5fonktBzQ Demonstration of fujara and koncovka
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January 20, 2023
fujara, fujara, slovak, pronunciation, ˈfujara, large, wind, instrument, tabor, pipe, class, originated, central, slovakia, sophisticated, folk, shepherd, overtone, fipple, flute, unique, design, contrabass, range, classificationaerophone, wind, woodwindrelate. The fujara Slovak pronunciation ˈfujara 1 is a large wind instrument of the tabor pipe class It originated in central Slovakia as a sophisticated folk shepherd s overtone fipple flute of unique design in the contrabass range The FujaraClassificationAerophone Wind WoodwindRelated instrumentsKoncovka Tabor pipe Recorder Willow flute KalyukaRanging from 160 to 200 cm long 5 3 6 6 2 and tuned in A G or F It has three tone holes also called finger holes located on the lower part of the main body The sound is produced by a fipple at the upper end of the main body of the fujara The air is led to the fipple through a smaller parallel pipe called vzduchovod in Slovak meaning air channel mounted on the main body of the instrument While it is possible to play the fundamental frequency on fujaras 3 the normal playing technique is based on overblowing the instrument Because of the high aspect ratio of the sound chamber great length versus small internal diameter the player can use overtones to play a diatonic scale using only the three tone holes The fujara is typically played while standing with the instrument held vertically and usually braced against the right thigh Contents 1 Technique and role 2 See also 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksTechnique and role Edit source source source source source source source source source source Slovak musician and instrument maker Ľubomir Paricka plays the fujara A fujara player The atypical design produces a deep meditative timbre Ornaments are traditionally added to the base melodies which usually occur in the Mixolydian mode Two common types of ornaments are prefuk the rapid overblowing of a single note from Slovak prefukovat to overblow and rozfuk a descending cascade of overtones from Slovak rozfukat to scatter by blowing Traditionally the fujara was played by shepherds for recreation Today the fujara has moved from the shepherds fields to the stage of folk festivals in the Slovak towns of Vychodna and Detva The instrument has also left Slovakia and is played all over the world particularly by aficionados of native flutes in western Europe and North America Despite this the fujara has yet to gain popularity or much recognition outside of Slovakia Most often the fujara is a solo instrument but ensembles of two or three fujaras have been known such as the Kubinec family or the Javorova Huzva trio The fujara was added to the UNESCO list of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2005 4 The Fujara and its Music was added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2008 by UNESCO 2 See also EditKoncovka another Slovak overtone flute with a fipple and no side toneholes Tabor pipe other 3 hole folk flutes Willow flute another overtone based folk flute with a side blown fipple and no side toneholes Kalyuka Russian overtone flute with an end blown open tube with no side toneholesReferences Edit The ad hoc pronunciation in the UNESCO video f uː ˈ dʒ ɑː r ɑː is incorrect a b The Fujara and its Music Description Slideshow Video UNESCO 2005 2008 Accessed 2012 08 12 Fujara fingering technique Retrieved 2006 09 28 Smeets Rieks 2006 The Fujara and its Music Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity PDF UNESCO p 86 Retrieved 2008 07 01 UNESCO has also provided a web page showing information about the fujara but it has no official status Minasyan Anahit 2006 03 24 Proclamation 2005 The Fujara and its Music Slovakia Information related to Intangible Cultural Heritage UNESCO Retrieved 2008 07 01 Further reading EditEischek Oskar 2006 Fujara The Slovak Queen of European Flutes Bratislava Hudobne centrum ISBN 978 80 88884 91 0 Garnett Rod 2004 Flutes of Slovakia fujara koncovka sestdierkova pistalka and dvojacka Laramie Wyoming University of Wyoming pp 8 10 OCLC 55993856 Rychlik Bohuslav Bob American Musical Instrument Society May 27 2010 Folk Music from the Slovak Mountains Lecture Demonstration of theFujaraand Other Overtone Flutes Benjamin Botkin Folklife Lecture Series Thomas Jefferson Building American Folklife Center Malatinec Roman Danihel Igor Elschek Oskar Garaj Bernard Dauko Miroslav Ruttkay 2004 Fujara musical instrument and its music PDF Bratislava Pro Musica External links Edit Look up fujara in Wiktionary the free dictionary www Fujara sk Fujjara samples www Fujaraflutes com Fujara samples www tradicnepistaly sk Fujara and other traditional Slovak instruments www youtube com watch v 5Y5fonktBzQ Demonstration of fujara and koncovka Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fujara Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fujara amp oldid 1099017587, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
