Pidkova Explained

Pidkova
Classification:	Ideophone
Hornbostel Sachs:	111.211
Related:	Horseshoe

The pidkova (Ukrainian: Підкова, literally "Horseshoe") is a musical instrument.

In some Ukrainian folk instrument ensembles a steel horseshoe dangling from the end of a gut string is struck with a piece of metal wire. This produces a high-pitched ringing sound similar to a triangle.

See also

• Ukrainian folk music

Sources

• Humeniuk, A. - Ukrainski narodni muzychni instrumenty - Kyiv: Naukova dumka, 1967
• Mizynec, V. - Ukrainian Folk Instruments - Melbourne: Bayda books, 1984
• Cherkaskyi, L. - Ukrainski narodni muzychni instrumenty // Tekhnika, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2003 - 262 pages.