Zukra
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The Zukra is a North African bagpipe, best known as a folk instrument in Tunisia and Algeria. When you squeeze the goatskin bag, air passes over the single reeds in the top of each chanter, making them vibrate. Similar to many bagpipes, each of the two chanter pipes has a small horn attached to it. This helps to project the sound forward.
| Family |
| Woodwinds |
| Pitch range |
| About one octave. |
| Material |
| Bag made of kid-or goatskin, metal mouthpipe, and cane tubes with horn bells. |
| Size |
| 26 in (66 cm) long. |
| Origins |
| The zukra is a North African bagpipe. It is played continuously by breathing in through the nose at the same time as blowing out through the mouth. |
| Classification |
| Aerophone: an instrument that produces its sound by the vibration of a column of air. |
| And also... |
| The mouthpipe on the zukra does not have a non-return valve, so you have to put your tongue over the end when you breathe, to stop all the air escaping from the bag. |
