What is Sopilka?
{{use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox instrument | name = Sopilka | image = Sopilka-Prima-2023-Shaul.jpg | image_capt = Sopilka Prima | background = woodwind | classification = Woodwind | hornbostel_sachs = 421.111-12<!-- It has many ranges | range =--> | related = * [[Floyara]] * [[Frilka]] * [[Zubivka]] }} '''Sopilka''' ({{lang-uk|Cопiлка}}) is the name of a [[wikt:type|type]] of [[woodwind instrument]]s from the [[flute]] family used in [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[folk music]].<ref name=encyclopedia>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CS%5CO%5CSopilkaIT.htm|title=Sopilka|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Ukraine]]|volume=4|year=1993|language=en|access-date=2024-03-26}}</ref> A sopilka is [[tradition]]ally made of [[elderberry]] [[wood]], but it can also be made of different materials, such as [[maple]], [[walnut]], [[beech]] or even [[plastic]].<ref name=KU>{{cite web|url=https://crees.ku.edu/sopilka|title=Sopilka {{!}} Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies|publisher=[[University of Kansas]]|language=en|access-date=2024-03-26}}</ref> In the past it had from six to eight holes, but it usually has ten since 1970.<ref name=encyclopedia/> Sopilka exists in many [[Range (music)|ranges]], such as the {{lang|it|prima}} or ''[[soprano]]'' (high [[Pitch (music)|pitched]]). The sound system is [[Diatonic scale|diatonic]].<ref name=KU/> == History == Sopilka is one of the oldest music instruments: the oldest sopilka found is made of [[mammoth]]-[[bone]] and is from the [[Paleolithic]] age.<ref name=encyclopedia/> It is also present in many [[11th century]]'s stories and paintings, like a [[fresco]] in [[Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv]].<ref name=encyclopedia/> At first, it was a folk instrument, played by [[shepherd]]s or by [[Trio (music)|trios]] (called {{lang|uk|ktroisti myzyky}})<ref name=encyclopedia/> and sometimes played during [[wedding]]s.<ref name=KU/> It is also present in the [[play (