National Armenian Musical Instrument Duduk. Duduks are mainly made from aged apricot wood. In Armenia the instrument is called "tsiranapogh" or "apricot pipe".
If You Are Armenian - then duduk is your soul and heart, pleasure and grief, happiness and pain, hopes and memoirs...
If You Aren't Armenian - Then this instrument is "Black Rock" performed by Michael Brook, "Sister Chaos" performed by Boris Grebenshikov, Peter Gabriel, Djivan Gasparyan and soundtracks for the films "The Last Temptation of Christ", "Seige", "Gladiator", "The Russia House", "Onegin", "The Crow", "Calendar", "Doctor Zhivago", "Frescos" etc. Duduk is your contact with Armenian soul and heart, human pleasure and grief, happiness and pain, hopes and memoirs...
The duduk is a double reed instrument with ancient origins, having existed since the fifth century, while there are Armenian scholars who believe it existed more than 1500 years before that. The earliest instruments similar to the duduk's present form are made of bone or entirely of cane. Today, the duduk is exclusively made of wood with a large double reed. Duduks are mainly made from aged apricot wood. In Armenia the instrument is called "tsiranapogh" or "apricot pipe".