Randy Rogers Band - One More Sad Song

SOPEL, pipe, whistle, pyzhatka, loner, passoverka - USA folk wind musical instrument. Genus of longitudinal whistle flute. The oldest instrument east. Slavs; under the name S. and snot u commemorated in lit. 11-18 centuries Perhaps in the 12-13 centuries. S. served as a military music. instrument (in the historical songs of the 11-17th centuries and other sources, the so-called ripper is mentioned - the “military player” on the ripe, as C was then called). Later served as an instrument of buffoons, was distributed in the bunk. museseveryday life. Has a tree. (predominantly from willow) trunk (length. 360-400 mm) with 5-6 game holes. The scale is diatonic, the range is in the volume of the sexte or septima (b - a1), with puffing it expands to 2 octaves (to a2). Changing the force of the air stream and applying special fingering (combining closed and open playing holes), a chromatic scale is extracted in the north. S.'s sound in the lower register is soft, hoarse, in the upper - strong and sharp, in the highest - piercing and whistling. S. is mainly a shepherd’s instrument. Used as a solo and ensemble by amateur groups. In S. they perform song, dance melodies, accompany choral singing (long songs). Distributed in Ukraine (under the name. Sopilka) and in Belarus (pipe).