Instruments
Gudulka, Gadulka, Гъдулка
photo:Wikimedia Commons : Arent
Classification: Chordophone - Bowed String instrument
Description:
image:18th century sketch
The gudulka (Bulgarian: Гъдулка) is a traditional Bulgarian bowed string instrument. The gudulka is an integral part of Bulgarian traditional instrumental ensembles, commonly played in the context of dance music.
The gudulka commonly has three (occasionally four) main strings with up to ten sympathetic resonating strings underneath, although there is a smaller variant of the instrument in the Dobrudža region with no sympathetic strings at all. Only the main melodic strings are touched by the player's fingers and the strings are never pressed all the way down to touch the neck. The gudulka is held vertically, with the bow held perpendicular in an underhand hold.
Videos - a few examples:
Atanas Vulchev playing solo
- Video 1
- Video 2