Sopila : Croatia musical instrument

The sopila is an old traditional wood wind musical instrument of Croatia, analogous to the oboe or shawm. The musical instrument is used in the region of the Kyarner, Kastav, Vinodol, Island Krk and Istria. The musical instruments are always performed in pairs so there are great and small or thin and fat versions of the musical instrument. The sopila are musical instrument of sound that is very interesting possibilities and has very piercing and special sound. This is repeated in more modern version of the instrument.

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Rozenice are old traditional musical instruments that continue to be in use in the modern day in the region of Istria. The musical instruments are very analogous to the sopila from the Island Krk. The rozenice are always performed in pairs so there are many size of the musical instrument. The musical instruments have a very piercing and special sound and have interesting possibility of manufacturing a variety of musical sounds.

The sopila is a wooden horn fabricated in Istria and some of the northern islands along the Adriatic coast of Croatia. Just like the oboe musical instrument, the sopila instrument have double reeds, although are always performed in pairs; one of the instruments is always larger than the other. Both instruments have six finger holes that are equally spaced on the smaller version of the instrument and set in groups of three on the larger version of the musical instrument. Usually, the musical instrument is always used as an accompaniment instrument to dancing; the voice of the sopila is that of the Istrian scale.