Folk Musical Instruments(Нароні музичні інструменти) Folk musical instruments were usually homemade and played by folk musicians. They can be divided into three basic groups:1) string instruments (psaltimer, bandura or kobza, Violin, bass viol, lira);2) wind instruments (reed, bagpipe, trembita)3) percussion instruments (drum, tambourine, kettledrum, cymbals, bells, and rattles). The most popular instruments in Ukraine wert the bandura, sopilka, violin, and dulcimer.Folk musical instruments were used primarily at dances and for marching (eg, the wedding march), as accompaniment to popular plays (vertep), or for simple listening enjoyment. Dance music wag often played by one instrument (usually the violin) or by a small ensemble (violin and drum).The classic folk ensemble known as troisti muzyky originated probably in the 17th century and consisted of a violin, drum, and dulcimer or bass viol. About the same time orchestras appeared. They eventually played for the peasants in the form of an ensemble of two violins, bass, and flute. In Polissia and Podillia brass orchestras were popular. Imitating military and earlier Cossack bands, they consisted of two to three trumpets (cornels), clarinets, two alto horns, a tenor horn, a baritone, drum, and brass cymbals.
