| Name | Image | Description | Video |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dvoyanka |  | Dvoyanka is a double flute made of a single piece of wood, with six sound holes on one side. It is most frequently made of ash-wood, plum tree, pear tree, cornel or boxwood. The tune is played on the one pipe, which is accompanied by a flat tone on the other pipe. It is a favorite instrument of shepherds. | |
| Gadulka |  | The Gadulka (Bulgarian: Гъдулка) is a folk Bulgarian string musical instrument played with a bow. There are two types of gadulkas; the most common has three or sometimes four main strings, with many lesser strings, and a smaller variant in the Dobruja region has only the three main strings. The gadulka is played vertically, and the bow held horizontally with the hair facing the player. The gadulka is an important instrument in the traditional Bulgarian Horo round dances. | |
| Kaval |  | The kaval (or caval) is a chromatic end-blown flute. It 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 (7 in front and 1 in the back for the thumb) and usually 4 "devil's holes" down near the bottom of the kaval. The devil's holes are supposed to improve tone and intonation. | |
| Tambura |  | The tambura is a type of stringed instrument found in different versions in different places around the world; most are plucked lutes. The New Grove Dictionary of Music assigns the term to the Eastern European variety of the saz, and to the Indian fretless drone lute. The Bulgarian tambura (see image) is a long-necked, fretted, bouzouki-like string instrument that comes in two styles: eight-string (four pairs) and four-string (two pairs), played with a plectrum. |
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