Gadulka

Gadulka [OSlav. gudu, to drone], bowed chordophone of Bulgaria, a folk instr. corresponding to the (Gk.) lira, with piriform body continuing in a short neck that tapers to a pegdisc, wooden belly, strings held by rear pegs and a tailpiece, lacking both nut and fingerboard. The body and neck are made from a single piece of hollowed-out wood; this can be maple, sycamore, locust, mulberry, walnut, elder, or fruit-wood. The soundholes are usually semicircular, exceptionally round or rectangular…