| Fadno | |
| Image Capt: | A picture of 2 fadnos. |
| Background: | woodwind |
| Classification: | aerophone |
| Hornbostel Sachs: | 422.211.2 |
| Hornbostel Sachs Desc: | single-reed aerophone with cylindrical bore and fingerholes |
| Related: | arghul, bülban, clarinet, diplica, dili tuiduk, dozaleh, cifte, launeddas, mijwiz, mock trumpet, pilili, Reclam de xeremies, sipsi, zammara, zummara |
Fadno is a reed instrument and domestic flute of the Sami people of Scandinavia, made from Angelica archangelica. The instrument features a reed and three to six (generally four) fingerholes[1] and appears to have no parallels among the surrounding Scandinavian peoples.[2]
The instrument is made from a 15–30 cm length of the angelica plant (fadno, the term for one-year-old angelica), from which the instrument derives its name.[3] The instrument's reed categorized as an "idioglottic concussion reed",[4] meaning the reed is fashioned from the tube itself.[5] Fadnos were played with Sami drums together with joik.