Daos
02-06-2011, 05:01 AM
The gudok (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudok) or hudok is an ancient Eastern Slavic string musical instrument, played with a bow.
A gudok usually had three strings, two of them tuned in unison and played as a drone, the third tuned a fifth higher. All three strings were in the same plane at the bridge, so that a bow could make them all sound simultaneously. Sometimes the gudok also had several sympathetic strings (up to eight) under the sounding board. These made the gudok's sound warm and rich.
Pictures:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Russ_instr_gudok.gif
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/uk/2/2a/Gudok.jpg
http://www.barynya.com/images/zhuk/gudok2.jpg
http://www.rusfolketno.com/images/stories/etno/gudok.gif
Audio:
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Родноверие - Зима (http://video.yandex.ru/users/ebolvirus/view/72)
Video:
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A gudok usually had three strings, two of them tuned in unison and played as a drone, the third tuned a fifth higher. All three strings were in the same plane at the bridge, so that a bow could make them all sound simultaneously. Sometimes the gudok also had several sympathetic strings (up to eight) under the sounding board. These made the gudok's sound warm and rich.
Pictures:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Russ_instr_gudok.gif
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/uk/2/2a/Gudok.jpg
http://www.barynya.com/images/zhuk/gudok2.jpg
http://www.rusfolketno.com/images/stories/etno/gudok.gif
Audio:
Родноверие - Слово (http://video.yandex.ru/users/ebolvirus/view/75)
Родноверие - Зима (http://video.yandex.ru/users/ebolvirus/view/72)
Video:
X_foxiB98Zc