Theduduk (/duːˈduːk/doo-DOOK;Armenian:դուդուկIPA:[duˈduk])[1] ortsiranapogh (Armenian:ծիրանափող, meaning "apricot-made wind instrument"), is adouble reedwoodwind instrument made ofapricot wood originating fromArmenia.[2][3] Variations of the Armenian duduk appear throughout theCaucasus, the Balkans, and the Middle East, includingBulgaria,Azerbaijan,Georgia,Kurdistan,Turkey, andIran.[4][5] Duduk,Balaban, andMey are almost identical, except for historical and geographical differences.[6]
![]() Duduk | |
Woodwind instrument | |
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Classification | Wind instrument withdouble reed |
Related instruments | |
Closely related instruments include theMey (Turkey),Balaban (Azerbaijan, Iran),Yasti Balaban (Dagestan),Duduki (Georgia), Duduk (Armenia),Hichiriki (Japan),Piri (Korea),Guanzi (China), andKamis Sirnay (Kyrgyzstan), | |
Musicians | |
Djivan Gasparyan,Gevorg Dabaghyan,Vache Hovsepyan,Levon Minassian,Pedro Eustache | |
Builders | |
Karlen Matevosyan,Arthur Grigoryan,Hovsep Grigoryan | |
Sound sample | |
Duduk and its music | |
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![]() Armenian children playing the duduk | |
Country | Armenia |
Domains | Performing arts (music) |
Reference | 00092 |
Region | Europe and North America |
Inscription history | |
Inscription | 2008 (3rd session) |
List | Representative |
It is commonly played in pairs: while the first player plays the melody, the second plays a steady drone calleddum, and the sound of the two instruments together creates a richer, more haunting sound. The unflattened reed and cylindrical body produce a sound closer to theEnglish horn than theoboe orbassoon. Unlike other double reed instruments like the oboe orshawm, the duduk has a very large reed proportional to its size.
UNESCO proclaimed the Armenian duduk and its music as aMasterpiece of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2005 and inscribed it in 2008.[7][8] Duduk music has been used in a number of films, most notably inThe Russia House andGladiator.
Etymology
There have been two published lines of thinking on the origins of the word.
Both the Russian bookMusical Instruments Encyclopedia (Музыкальные инструменты. Энциклопедия) and American bookMusical Instruments, A Comprehensive Dictionary give an ultimate origin of the name as Persian, the wordtutak.[9][10]
In Armenia, the instrument is also known astsiranapogh (ծիրանափող [hy]).
This instrument is not to be confused with the northwestern Bulgarian folk instrument of the same name (see below,Balkan duduk). Similar instruments used in other parts ofWestern Asia are themey andbalaban.
Overview
The duduk is adouble reed instrument with ancient origins, having existed since at least the fifth century, while there are Armenian scholars who believe it existed more than 1,500 years before that.[11] The earliest instruments similar to the duduk's present form are made of bone or entirely of cane. Today, the duduk is exclusively made of wood with a large double reed, with the body made from agedapricot wood.[12]
The particular tuning depends heavily on the region in which it is played. An eight-hole duduk (not counting the thumb hole on the lower side) can play ten successive notes of adiatonic scale with simple fingering, or sixteen consecutive notes of achromatic scale by half-covering holes. For example, an A duduk can play all the notes from F♯ to the A more than an octave higher.[13][14] (Another reference gives different information.[15]) By using the lips to "bend" notes and partially covering holes any pitch in this range can be produced, as required for Oriental music.[16] The instrument's body has different lengths depending upon the range of the instrument and region. Thereed (Armenian:եղեգն,eġegn), is made from one or two pieces of cane in a duck-bill type assembly. Unlike other double-reed instruments, the reed is quite wide, helping to give the duduk both its unique, mournful sound, as well as its remarkable breathing requirements. The duduk player is calleddudukahar (դուդուկահար) in Armenian.
The performers use air stored in their cheeks to keep playing the instrument while they inhale air into their lungs. This"circular" breathing technique is commonly used with all the double-reed instruments in the Middle East.[17]
Duduk "is invariably played with the accompaniment of a seconddum duduk, which gives the music an energy and tonic atmosphere, changing the scale harmoniously with the principal duduk."[18]
History
Armenian musicologists cite evidence of the duduk's use as early as 1200 BC, though Western scholars suggest it is 1,500 years old.[19][unreliable source?] Variants of the duduk can be found inArmenia and theCaucasus. The history of the Armenian duduk music is dated to the reign of the Armenian kingTigran the Great, who reigned from 95 to 55 B.C.[20] According to ethnomusicologist Dr.Jonathan McCollum, the instrument is depicted in numerous Armenian manuscripts of the Middle Ages, and is "actually the only truly Armenian instrument that's survived through history, and as such is a symbol of Armenian national identity ... The most important quality of the duduk is its ability to express the language dialectic and mood of the Armenian language, which is often the most challenging quality to a duduk player."[21]
Balkan duduk
While "duduk" most commonly refers to thedouble reed instrument described on this page, there is a very similar instrument played in northwestern Bulgaria. This is a blocked-end flute known as akaval, resembling the Serbianfrula, or kavalče in a part of Macedonia,[22] and as duduk in northwest Bulgaria.[23][24] Made of maple or other wood, it comes in two sizes: 700–780 millimetres (28–31 in) and 240–400 millimetres (9.4–15.7 in) (duduce). The blocked end is flat.
In popular culture
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The sound of the duduk has become known to wider audiences through its use in popular film soundtracks. Starting withPeter Gabriel's score forMartin Scorsese'sThe Last Temptation of Christ, the duduk's archaic and mournful sound has been employed in a variety of genres to depict such moods. Djivan Gasparyan played the duduk inGladiator,Syriana, andBlood Diamond, among others.[25][unreliable source?] It was also used extensively inBattlestar Galactica.[26] In the TV seriesAvatar: The Last Airbender, its computer-altered sound was given to the fictitiousTsungi horn, most notably played by Iroh and often being featured in the show's soundtrack. With many of the members who worked onATLA now working onThe Dragon Prince, the duduk regularly appears in its soundtrack as well. The sound of the duduk was also used inThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe for a lullaby which Mr. Tumnus plays on a fictitious double flute, and was featured in the theme song of the Dothraki clan during the TV adaptationGame of Thrones.[27][28]
Armenia's entry in the2010 Eurovision Song Contest, "Apricot Stone," featured Armenian musicianDjivan Gasparyan playing the duduk.
Film soundtracks
The duduk has been used in a number of films, especially "to denote otherworldliness, loneliness, and mourning or to supply a Middle Eastern/Central Asian atmosphere".[29]
- Ararat (2002) byMychael Danna
- Avatar (2009) byNacer Khemir, in the trackShutting Down Grace's Lab
- Bab'Aziz: le prince qui contemplait son âme (Bab'Aziz: The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul), 2005 byNacer Khemir
- Bedtime Stories (2008) byRupert Gregson-Williams[30]
- Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) byJoseph LoDuca
- Chilean Gothic (2000) byFractal
- Constantine (2005) byBrian Tyler,Klaus Badelt, in the trackCircle of Hell
- The Crow (1994) byGraeme Revell featuring the duduk playerDjivan Gasparyan
- Dead Man Walking (1995) byDavid Robbins
- Elektra (2005) byChristophe Beck[30]
- Gladiator (2000) byDjivan Gasparyan in the trackDuduk of the North[31]
- Hotel Rwanda (2004) main theme music[32]
- Hulk (2003) duduk byPedro Eustache byDanny Elfman[33]
- The Island (2005) bySteve Jablonsky[30]
- The Kite Runner (2007) byAlberto Iglesias[30]
- The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) byPeter Gabriel, featuring the duduk playerVatche Hovsepian
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) byHarry Gregson-Williams, in the trackA Narnia Lullaby[34]
- Munich duduk byPedro Eustache (2005) byJohn Williams
- Mayrig (1991) by Omar Al Sharif
- Next (2007) byMark Isham[30]
- The Passion of The Christ (2004) byMel Gibson, composerJohn Debney duduks byPedro Eustache andChris Bleth
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) byHans Zimmer[30]
- Rendition (2007) byPaul Hepker and Mark Kilian, duduk byPedro Eustache
- Ronin (1998) byElia Cmiral, duduk byAlbert Vardanyan
- Syriana (2005) byAlexandre Desplat, duduks byDjivan Gasparyan andPedro Eustache
- The Russia House (1990) byJerry Goldsmith
- The Siege (1998) byGraeme Revell, in the trackTorture
- Vantage Point (2008) byAtli Orvarsson[30]
- Wanted (2008) byDanny Elfman[30]
- Warriors of Heaven and Earth (2003) byA. R. Rahman[35]
- You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) byRupert Gregson-Williams[30]
- Beasts in Our Time andUnder The Eye Of The Sun played byRob Townsend onSteve Hackett's albumAt The Edge Of Light
- 3 Faces (2018) byJafar Panahi, duduk byYusef Moharamian
- Dune (2021) byHans Zimmer, duduk byPedro Eustache[36]
- Dune: Part Two (2024) byHans Zimmer, duduk byPedro Eustache[37]
Television soundtracks
- Angel by Rob Kral[30]
- Avatar: The Last Airbender byJeremy Zuckerman features the instrument in a recurring motif associated with the character ofZuko, most notably in the tracks "Iroh's Tsungi Horn" and "The Blue Spirit"
- Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series) byBear McCreary. Its tracks "Two Funerals", "Starbuck on the Red Moon", "Escape from the Farm", "Colonial Anthem, "Black Market", "Something Dark is Coming", "Martial Law", "Prelude to War" feature the duduk.[38][39][40] Roslin's theme was set to lyrics a second time for the third-season premiere "Occupation", this time in Armenian.
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer byChristophe Beck, Tomas Wanker, Rob Dunkin,Douglas Stevens[30]
- Castle byRobert Duncan[30]
- Children of Dune by Brian Tyler in the tracks "Dune Messiah", "The Throne of Alia", "The Preacher At Arrakeen", "Farewell"[41]
- Cold Case byMichael A. Levine[30]
- CSI: New York byBill Brown[30]
- Firefly byGreg Edmonson[30]
- Game of Thrones byRamin Djawadi features the instrument inDaenerys Targaryen's theme[42]
- JAG by Steve Bramson[30]
- The Mummy Who Would Be King by Gil Talmi,Andrew Gross[30]
- Over There byEd Rogers[30]
- The Pacific byBlake Neely andGeoff Zanelli[30]
- Path to 9/11 byJohn Cameron[30]
- Rome byJeff Beal[43]
- The Dragon Prince byFrederik Wiedmann[44]
- Spartacus byRandy Miller. TrackSecond Thought
- Star Trek: Enterprise byPaul Baillargeon[30]
- Yu-Gi-Oh! by Wayne Sharpe
- Xena: Warrior Princess by Joseph Loduca
- The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power by Bear McCreary features this instrument in settings of the Númenor theme.
- Boohbah
- Foundation (TV series) byBear McCreary features the instrument in a recurring motif associated with the character of Gaal Dornick.
Video game scores
- Shards of the Exodar inWorld of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade by Derek Duke, Glenn Stafford andRussell Brower
- Dalaran inWorld of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King by Derek Duke, Glenn Stafford andRussell Brower
- Orsis inHearthstone: League of Explorers
- Civilization V by Michael Curran[45][46]
- Crimson Dragon bySaori Kobayashi and Jeremy Garren
- Dark Void byBear McCreary[30]
- Dota 2 by Jason Hayes
- F.E.A.R. byNathan Grigg
- God of War III byGerard Marino
- Mass Effect byJack Wall[47]
- Myst III: Exile byJack Wall
- Myst IV: Revelation byJack Wall[30]
- Outcast byLennie Moore in the trackOriental Spirit
- Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones byInon Zur[30]
- Uncharted 2 byGreg Edmonson[30]
- Croft Manor Theme inTomb Raider Legend byTroels Brun Folmann
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011) byJeremy Soule in the trackTundra
- Total War: Rome II by Richard Beddow
- Empire: Total War
- Metro Exodus by Oleksii Omelchuk
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 by Kenji Hiramatsu in bothDay andNight versions of the trackEagus Wilderness
- Sonic Frontiers in the movements forAres Island by Tomoya Ohtani (duduk performed by Tarumi Yasutaka)[48]
Popular music
- "Come Talk to Me" byPeter Gabriel (from the 1992 albumUs)
- "Zachem Ya" byt.A.T.u. (from the 2001 album200 Po Vstrechnoy)
- "Prelude & Nostalgia" byYanni (from the 1997 albumTribute)
- "Prelude & Nostalgia" byYanni (from the 2006 albumYanni Live! The Concert Event)
- "Science" and "Arto" (Hidden Track) bySystem of a Down (from the 2001 albumToxicity)
- "Jenny Wren" (2005) and "Back in Brazil" (2018) byPaul McCartney
- "All That I Am" byRob Thomas (from the 2006 album...Something to Be)
- "Touching the Void" by Soulfly (from the 2008 albumConquer)
- "Qélé, Qélé" bySirusho (from the 2008Eurovision Song Contest Armenian entry)
- "1944" byJamala (2015)
- "Soulfly X" bySoulfly (from the 2015 albumArchangel)
- "Model Village" byGong (band) (from the 2016 albumRejoice! I'm Dead!)
- "Come Along" byCosmo Sheldrake (from the 2017 album "The Much Much How How and I", and featured in advertisements for Apple'siPhone XR in the UK, USA, and Canada)
- "Meeting" album by A.G.A. Trio with Arsen Petrosyan on Duduk (2020 byNAXOS WORLD)
Anime soundtracks
- Arrietty byCécile Corbel, in the track "Sho's Song - Instrumental Version"
- Tales from Earthsea by Tamiya Terashima, in the tracks "The Trip", "The Spider" and "Violent Robbery/The Seduction of the Undead".[49]
See also
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Further reading
- Nercessian, Andy (2001).The Duduk and National Identity in Armenia.Scarecrow Press.ISBN 9781461672722.