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kaval
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kavalnoun
A chromatic end-blown flute of Asia and eastern Europe.
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Kaval
The kaval is a chromatic end-blown flute traditionally played throughout the Balkans (in Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Southern Serbia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Northern Greece, and elsewhere) and Anatolia (including Turkey and Armenia). The kaval is primarily associated with mountain shepherds.Unlike the transverse flute, the kaval is fully open at both ends, and is played by blowing on the sharpened edge of one end. The kaval has eight playing holes (seven in front and one in the back for the thumb) and usually four more unfingered intonation holes near the bottom of the kaval. As a wooden rim-blown flute, kaval is similar to the kawala of the Arab world and ney of the Middle East.
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Kaval
The kaval is a chromatic end-blown flute traditionally played throughout Azerbaijan, Turkey, Hungary, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, southern Serbia, northern Greece, Romania, and Armenia. The kaval is primarily associated with mountain shepherds throughout the Balkans and Anatolia. Unlike the transverse flute, the kaval is fully open at both ends, and is played by blowing on the sharpened edge of one end. The kaval has 8 playing holes and usually four more unfingered intonation holes near the bottom of the kaval. As a wooden rim-blown flute, kaval is similar to the ney of the Arab world. The name kaval may once have been referred to various Balkan duct and rim-blown flutes, accounting for the present day diversity of the term’s usage.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
KAVAL
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Kaval is ranked #110825 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Kaval surname appeared 159 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Kaval.
86.7% or 138 total occurrences were White.
8.8% or 14 total occurrences were Asian.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of kaval in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of kaval in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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