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Used in the performances are original folk instruments of antique value and reconstructions of instruments already forgotten on the Slovene territory:

– a dulcimer (small cimbalom) and grand cimbalom
– žvegla-s (wooden cross flutes without keys of various sizes)
– panpipes
– zithers (harmonic, drone, violin, harp and guitar zithers)
– jaw harps
– flutes made of thick marsh reeds
– clay ocarinas
– dvojnice (wooden double flutes)
– bagpipe and diple with a windbag
– tamburitzas
– hurdy-gurdy
– sopele and šurla-s (untempered double flutes from Istria)
– horns (made of animal horns and tree bark)
– gudalo-s (earthenware pot basses)
– little bass (violoncello)
– tambourine
– drums, little drum and “devil’s drum” (»hudičev boben«)
– and a number of simple, improvised sound-producing implements such as čivink (a grass leaf between two wooden chips) and leaves, bells, spoons and sound-producing implements made of everyday natural materials (gourds, dry autumn fruits, etc).



  
 

































 
  KEY TO INSTRUMENTS


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bagpipe
small cimbalom
drone zithers/drsovce/švrkovce/cítera
violin zither
melodic tamburitza bisernica
chordal tamburitza brač
little bass (violoncello)
panpipes
wooden cross flute/ žvegla »five«
wooden cross flute/ žvegla »six«
wooden cross flute/ žvegla »nine«
wooden cross flute/stranščica or postranica
clay ocarina
dvojnice (wooden double flutes)

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šurla (untempered double flute from Istria)
cow horn
trumpet
jaw harp
mirliton/nunalca
earthenware pot bass
drum
simple percussion instrument/tukalca
wooden spoons
little stones
kneading trough as percussion instrument (nečke)
gourd
»devil's drum/hudičev boben«