Daft punk & Duduk

There is no other instrument that can express the Armenian’s people’s emotions, better than the Armenian duduk. Evolving in the far dawn of Armenia – the duduk is 100% Armenian. Its colorful touching sound has brought it to their daily life. Today, there’s no festival, wedding or a family event without the duduk being the main attraction.

The duduk is one of the world’s most old double-reed instruments and is seen in painting 2000 years old. Among all traditional Armenian instruments, only the duduk is being considered to be exclusive ‘Armenian’. From Armenia, the duduk has traveled to other countries like Azerbaijan and Iran where it is called ‘Balaban’, and also to Turkey where it is named ‘Mey’.

The basic form of the duduk has little changed throughout history. Like many other instruments, the duduk was originally out of bone. Later, the duduk has evolved to a long reed instrument, while the mouthpiece is being sculptured from the end of the reed. The obvious con of such an instrument is it’s fragility. As soon as there was a tiny crack, the instrument wouldn’t function anymore, taking the long work down the vein. That is where the idea to separate the instrument and the reed to two pieces, and to find a more solid wood. And that is how the modern looks like.