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 and appears to have no parallels among the surrounding Scandinavian peoples.
Characteristics 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. The instrument's reed categorized as an "idioglottic concussion reed",Åke Hultkrantz. Swedish Research on the Religion and Folklore of the Lapps. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 85, No. 1/2 (1955), pp. 81-99 meaning the reed is fashioned from the tube itself. Fadnos were played with Sami drums together with joik.
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