The folk group of music and dance of Vilnius city | VILNIS
Music instruments
We play folk music and represent national instruments:
Birbynė
Blasting Lithuanian folk music instrument. This is one or two prongs aerophone with mouthpiece, or alone. Made from wood, bark, horn, straw, goose feathers. The most simple shepherd's reed-pipes were produced. The nineteenth century. affected by classical instruments such as clarinet, reed has become more complex and it is used in professional music. Current birbynė made of wood, has urged the cup, tone holes. Divided into three categories: soprano, tenor and bass.
Blasting Lithuanian folk music instrument. This is one or two prongs aerophone with mouthpiece, or alone. Made from wood, bark, horn, straw, goose feathers. The most simple shepherd's reed-pipes were produced. The nineteenth century. affected by classical instruments such as clarinet, reed has become more complex and it is used in professional music. Current birbynė made of wood, has urged the cup, tone holes. Divided into three categories: soprano, tenor and bass.
Kanklės
A traditional Lithuanian folk stringed musical instrument. Kanklės is one of the oldest Lithuanian folk stringed musical instruments. Knowledge about kanklės can be found on the Lithuanian folk songs, tales, legends, often as the times when Lithuania was still idolaters, and believed that the human soul can move into a tree, and hope to see or speak to weep human voice. Orchestra plays four kanklės
A traditional Lithuanian folk stringed musical instrument. Kanklės is one of the oldest Lithuanian folk stringed musical instruments. Knowledge about kanklės can be found on the Lithuanian folk songs, tales, legends, often as the times when Lithuania was still idolaters, and believed that the human soul can move into a tree, and hope to see or speak to weep human voice. Orchestra plays four kanklės
Basetlė
Basetlė, basedla – lithuanian folk music store. Instrument - cord chordophones. Bass and cello strain. Strings were made from calf intestine, bow - from the horse's mane. It performed as bass.
Basetlė, basedla – lithuanian folk music store. Instrument - cord chordophones. Bass and cello strain. Strings were made from calf intestine, bow - from the horse's mane. It performed as bass.
