[History of Armenian musical instruments] Duduk: Folk musical instruments

Duduk is a traditional Armenian musical instrument. It is a wind instrument that produces a sound with a pitch by transmitting the first vibration obtained by breathing into the gap between two overlapping reeds to a tube made of apricot tree. It’s not a well-known instrument because it’s hard to say that it’s such a famous instrument. However, it is an instrument that often appears in soundtracks such as movies, games, TV dramas, and animations, and some of the instruments are often used.

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This instrument was born in Armenia.

History of Duduk

Duduk is used to perform Armenian chants and is one of the country’s leading musical instruments. Duduk is a double-reed woodwind instrument that began to be used in Central Asia around 1200 BC and features a warm and soft tone. Called Met or Monauros in Hellenistic Egypt, this wind instrument was known as Aurio during the Anatolian civilization of Mesopotamia. The design is closest to the cultural sound, so it’s a completely local instrument. It is widely used mainly in Armenia and Azerbaijan. This musical instrument was introduced to China and became a musical instrument called a tuber, and was introduced to Japan around the 6th century and became a hichiriki. UNESCO declared Duduk and its music in Armenia as a masterpiece of intangible cultural heritage in 2005.

Features of Duduk

Duduk is a woodwind, and Duduk is also a wind instrument that is the ancestor of Japanese hichiriki and Chinese hichiriki. With a compact length of about 30 to 45 cm, it can reverberate the range of thick tenor to mezzo-soprano, which far exceeds expectations from a slender housing. It is a wind instrument that produces a sound with a pitch by transmitting the first vibration obtained by breathing into the gap between two overlapping reeds (reeds) to a tube made of apricot tree. Duduk is a straight wooden tube with reeds attached, but the reeds are especially large among double reed instruments, and in addition, the mouth is filled with reeds.

Duduk song

Duduk music is used in many films, especially the Russian House and Gladiator. It’s a perfect instrument for BGM rather than pop music.