Stabule
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Stabule, also known as stebule or stabuļa, is a Latvian woodwind instrument made from various materials like wood, bark, and reeds. It consists of a tube with a whistle and finger holes, typically producing a diatonic scale. The oldest known Latvian bone stabule dates back to 3,000–2,000 BCE.
Stabule, also known as stebule or stabuļa, is a Latvian woodwind instrument made from various materials like wood, bark, and reeds. It consists of a tube with a whistle and finger holes, typically producing a diatonic scale. The oldest known Latvian bone stabule dates back to 3,000–2,000 BCE. ==Construction== The making of the stabula and reed stabula is described in Andrejs Jurjāns' article "Latvian Folk Music": The stem was cut from various trees - pine, aspen, blackberry, alder, willow, etc. The wood was warped in the heat and then the core was cut out, through which the barrel emerged; a ready-made barrel - reed was also taken. The stem consisted of two parts - the body and the reeds or reeds (see above). If the body was quite long and thin, then a reed was made at the thin end, turning the reed and thinning it, then six to eight holes were cut into the body, depending on the length, so that a diatonic row of tones came out. If the body was thick, then a reed was placed at the thin end, either from a thinner tree or reed. To soften the sound, a torn reed was wound around the thick end. — Andrejs Jurjāns “Latvian Folk Music”
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