The kaval is a chromatic
end-blown flute traditionally played throughout
Azerbaijan,
Turkey,
Bulgaria,
Republic of Macedonia,
Kosovo /
Albania (Kavall), northern
Greece (Kavali or Dzhamara), southern
Romania (Caval),
Armenia (Բլուլ or Blul) and
Kurdistan (Blul). The kaval is primarily associated with mountain shepherds throughout the Balkans and Anatolia and in the book "KAVAL: Traditional Folk Melodies for Balkan & Anatolian Folk Flute", author Pat MacSwyney suggests that the kaval was spread throughout these regions by
Yoruk nomads who inhabited the Pindus, Shar,
Pirin,
Rhodope mountains of the southern European Balkan peninsula and the Taurus mountains of southern Turkey.
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Bulgarian wind instrument of some antiquity, varies from 50 to 80cm long. Used especially in Thrace and Dobrudja.
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