Three main types are of six-hole flutes in the Carpathian Basin. The open-ended, the narrowed -ended and the back hole flute. Now I will show you one kind of the open-ended flute.
The open-ended flutes traditionally used in Western Hungary and Slovakia. The figering is very simple, in practice the sounds are coming one after the other and the instrument plays a major. If you have to play minor, you simply start to play on the second note.
This is probably the easiest flute. Very similar to the Irish Whistle only the sound less bright, rather matte.
Which makes this particular flute to Slovakian flute is the ornament. The brown patterns in the instrument that is not the color of the wood and it is not painted. The ornament etched with formic acid into the wood. This type of decoration is very popular in the Slovak instruments. The decoration of fujara is the same.
In the photos you can see two flutes – a „G” and a „C”. This means that if you close all the holes and blow the flute you will hear a „G” or a „C”. The „G” flute is a little bit longer.
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