Traditional Macedonian musical instruments-Made by Stojanche Kostovski and
Gievski-brothers. Stojanche located in village - Viniche is visited from people comming from all
over the world to buy his instruments.Gievski brothers are a continuation of 80 years of family
tradition - located in Old Skopje Bazaar.

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Gajda
The Macedonian gajda (bagpipe) is a aorophonic instrument.
It consists of four basic parts: gajdarka, borduska, duvalo (blowing part) the bag, also called stomach or skin.The bagpipes are traditionally used mostly for playing at fairs, weddings, or other festive occasions.The repertoire of the bagpipes usually consists of dancing melodies that are performed at a lively tempo and instrumental improvisations (called ezgija) can be played in "free" tempo, i.e., rubato. This instrument is widely used in Macedonia.

Kaval
The kaval is a very old folk flute from Macedonia.It is an end-blown flute with eight finger holes. A tone is created by blowing across the sharpened edge of the mouthpiece. This takes quite a bit of practice to get the correct embouchure, and makes the instrument very frustrating for the beginning student.The kavals are played in pair. So they are divided into categories of male (mashki) and female (zhenski), or left and right. While one
player plays the main melody, the other one accompanies

Zurla (Zurna)
The zurla is an aerophonic instrument
with an oboe-type double reed. The

basic parts include: a funnel-shaped
pipe with eight playing holes (seven in
the front and one on the back of the
pipe), seven sound holes (glasnici),
slavec (beak), and the mednik
(mouthpiece).
The zurlas are always accompanied
with one or two bass drums named
tapan (plural: tapani). This ensemble
is called zurladziska tajfa, and is
often made of members of one family.


 

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Tambura[tom-boo-rah].
This tambura has 3 pair of strings.
Tambura is a long-necked instrument
used in old folklore songs used to keep rhythm, or as a melody instrument.
Tambura
is played solo or in ensemble playing traditional Macedonian dances and songs.They are created by the Gievski brothrs located in the Old Skopje Bazaar , and are a part of an 80 years of tradition pased from a father to a son.Their instruments are played by the best macedonian folklore artists.

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Tapan (By Gievski-Brothers)
A tapan is a large double-headed frame-drum originating in ancient Macedonia and the Middle East. It was used in ceremonies in ancient Greece such as religious festivals, or war marches such as the Macedonian warrior Alexander the Great's army. It has a deep sound and is made of wood and cow or goat
skin.


$550.00 (50cm) - Click to order
$470.00 (45cm) -
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$430.00 (40cm) -
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Tambura

This tambura has 2 pair of strings.It is characteristic tambura from Macedonia used for playing in Macedonian folk ensemble to keep rhythm or as a solo instrument.The tambura is part of the Macedonian folklore music , but his
origin is from old thurkey.It is used bu best Macedonian folklore artists like:Dragan Daudovski , Pece Atanasoski , Tanec and many other.


$550.00  Click to order

Dajre
Dajre is traditional Macedonian instrument used for keeping the rhythm of the song or the dance It is created from a wooden ring and a strechet goat skin over the ring.You play dajre by shaking it and hitting it with your hands

$45.00 (24cm) - Click to Order
$50.00 (26cm) - Click to Order
$55.00 (28cm) - Click to Order
$60.00 (30cm) - Click to Order

Prim
This instrument is tambura like
but smaller.It is played similar
to the tambura.It is used for
playing in Macedonian folk
ensembles to keep rhythm or
as a solo instrument.This mu-
sical instrument is often seen
in Macedonian music orchestra.

$370.00 Click to Order

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