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Askomandoura

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The askomandoura (ασκομαντούρα) is a type of bagpipe played as a traditional instrument on the Greek island of Crete, similar to the tsampouna. [1]

9 relations: Aerophone, Bagpipes, Cretan lyra, Crete, Greece, Greek musical instruments, Music of Crete, Music of Greece, Tsampouna.

Aerophone

An aerophone is any musical instrument that produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes, and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding considerably to the sound.

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Bagpipes

Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag.

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Cretan lyra

The Cretan lyra (Κρητική λύρα) is a Greek pear-shaped, three-stringed bowed musical instrument, central to the traditional music of Crete and other islands in the Dodecanese and the Aegean Archipelago, in Greece.

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Crete

Crete (Κρήτη,; Ancient Greek: Κρήτη, Krḗtē) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.

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Greece

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Greek musical instruments

Greek musical instruments were grouped under the general term of Lyre, all developments from the original construction of a tortoise shell with two branching horns, having also a cross piece to which the strings were attached.The strings varied in number from an original three to ten or even more in the later period, like the Byzantine era.

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Music of Crete

The music of Crete (Κρητική μουσική), also called kritika (κρητικά.), refers to traditional forms of Greek folk music prevalent on the island of Crete in Greece.

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Music of Greece

The music of Greece is as diverse and celebrated as its history.

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Tsampouna

The tsampouna (or tsambouna; τσαμπούνα) is a Greek folk instrument of the bagpipe family.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Askomandoura

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