Koncovka

Koncovka is a slovak overtone fipple flute traditionally played by shepherds throughout the Carpathian Mountain region of Slovakia.
As a shepherd's flute, the koncovka is capable of intimacy of expression typical of the meditations of a lone shepherd.
Improvisation and a slovak folk song Za dubom, pred dubom
Player: Veronika Vitazkova
Fujara maker: Milan Koristek
Video production: Risto Nikolic
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[@williamcarter9380]

I have never heard anything so unique and beautiful

[@veronika_vitazkova]

thank you 🙏🏼

[@ThePupil]

Kalush Orchestra brought me here. Beautiful play!

[@veronika_vitazkova]

thank you 🥰

[@elkrim8936]

me too😂🤣😎

[@armenvondoms1815]

There's something about overtones that captivates me....whole lot going on in that sound!🎶 You play absolutely beautiful!😍

[@veronika_vitazkova]

ooh, thank you :)

[@alexandergilman3394]

Overtones are the primordial essence of music, a naturally occurring scale that is the ancient and perennial source of everything we call music.

[@MarcoZarco]

Fantastic playing! This is my favorite Koncovka video on KZbin!

[@veronika_vitazkova]

thank you very much!!!

[@petraolomoucka]

Nádhera.

[@veronika_vitazkova]

dakujem :)

[@Matus72svk]

No... Poviem Vám... Hlboko sa pred Vami skláňam. Takto raz vedieť hrať, pýchou sa červenám. Ste veľmi nadaná. Veľmi.

[@veronika_vitazkova]

dakujem krasne!

[@richardwaring8613]

Thank god it survived through history along with the knowledge and skill to play it.

[@veronika_vitazkova]

yes! 🥰

[@siebensunden]

Špica! Před dvěma roky jsem si taky jednu koncovku pořídil, ale stále na ni neumím hrát. Díky za inspiraci.

[@radovanbakos880]

Madam, beautiful and very stylish piece! Technically brilliant! Thanks to improvisation on Slovak folk song, this performance would be appreciated by traditionalists too.

[@wojciechmackiewicz2649]

Po prostu pięknie.Pozdrawiam

[@veronika_vitazkova]

dzienkuje bardzo :)!

[@Ser_Yozha]

Я так понял качество инструмента имеет всё таки значение. Игра просто великолепная.

[@veronika_vitazkova]

spasiba 😊🙏🏾

[@totalbread7603]

sweet sound as always. 😌

[@veronika_vitazkova]

thank You 🙏🏼

[@АндрейБруханский]

Божественно🎉

[@veronika_vitazkova]

spasiba

[@wolfgangwiesinger9502]

This is like going back in time

[@prince-solomon]

very cool sound

[@veronika_vitazkova]

thank you!

[@normanfreund]

Fascinating sounds from such a simple concept. Liked your video.

[@freddy_cyclone]

Incredibly inspiring

[@veronika_vitazkova]

thank you so much!

[@lorez6063]

Absolutely Beautiful.

[@veronika_vitazkova]

thank you!!!

[@RuneOberon]

Veronica Is The Best

[@veronika_vitazkova]

thank youuuu!

[@teoto83]

tak tato ma nadherny zvuk 💚

[@JoenMikkelSimonsen]

Beautiful and free! 🙂

[@veronika_vitazkova]

mange tak! :)

[@johanakerblad]

So mysterious and beautiful ! What a great instrument and a great playing.

[@veronika_vitazkova]

thank you so much!!! :)

[@diannewilliams1585]

Stunning. I’m in awe…

[@veronika_vitazkova]

tha nkyou so much!

[@hary71]

the górale of poland have alot of similar instruments and alot of shared culture

[@veronika_vitazkova]

yes ❤️

[@matteonow3862]

Excellent!!! :-)

[@emmanuelcortes0304]

Woooow pretty sound!!

[@JankaDuracikova-ez1cf]

Srdce poskoci...💓🏞️🎼

[@martinmecar8427]

Veľmi mega a super!

[@martintvrdy3297]

Fúha ! Super...

[@danielwood6446]

Mesmerizing, fantastic👏

[@marcelkacz8426]

Nádhera kalap dole.👍

[@bhargavvenkat123]

Excellent

[@veronika_vitazkova]

thank you!

[@rudyriegl2002]

Nádherné Veroniko! Srdce se mi raduje. Má krásný zvuk..

[@gustabritorozas]

this is amazing

[@veronika_vitazkova]

thank you!

[@LordQueezle]

Beautiful sound!

[@veronika_vitazkova]

thank you! 🙏🏼

[@infraredaustrian6714]

Majsterka!

[@veronika_vitazkova]

Dakujem! 🙂🙏🏾

[@standaklapuchambientmusic4373]

WOW 😊🙏

[@virginiwoolf]

Tak to už hej!! 👍

[@antonioferrara7705]

Amazing

[@dpfr8543]

Great!

[@TangamandapioTanga]

God... I'm in love

[@KatrinaDancer]

Beautiful 😍

[@ridorydar5614]

Krása keď krásna duša vofúkne dušu drevu.

[@veronika_vitazkova]

dakujem krasne!

[@TheSaintBigFoot]

Stefania brought me here. I needed to know what instrument that man is playing

[@OmegaRacer]

Amazing!

[@avielp]

Cool

[@zimborrigo1724]

Файно.Це українська телинка❤

[@veronika_vitazkova]

yes, телинка, oncovka, Willow flute, Tylynka/ Tilinkó /Tilinca.. it has so many names and it is common in so many countries ❤️

[@qwertoqwerty1134]

Zalez do búdy ukro. Čoraz viac provokujete na Slovenských videách.

[@jorgeantoniozunigarebolled4775]

🌹

[@jorgebranco3213]

I'd love to play this on my Koncvka, any suggestions how I can follow along?

[@veronika_vitazkova]

Hi, I am improvising and playing a traditional song Pred dubom, za dubom. I learned it just by ear. I think taht koncovka is a very intuitive instrument. There are some charts online and once you figure out the scale, you can play these kind of songs without any problem :) good luck :)

[@michaelmeier8308]

So beautiful how u play 😍 .... Kalush brought me to here too....one question, what flute 1) you have and what 2) Kalush .... a C - flute or D - Flute?

[@veronika_vitazkova]

This flute is in C and is made by Milan Koristek. Thank you! 😊🙏🏽

[@tinusvandeventer6430]

👌❤👍

[@u8960]

這樂器的聲音真棒！ 請問🙏🏻你可以用這樂器吹奏Debussy 的La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin嗎？ 我在youtube找了很久，這樂器的聲音跟我想像中的聲音很相近。 我認為Debussy這首作品值得有一個這樣返璞歸真的版本❤

[@veronika_vitazkova]

I am afraid that it is not really possible on this instrument since I can play only the overtone scale, I have one more instrument with one more hole.. I will try it :) xiexie for listening! 🥰

[@u8960]

@@veronika_vitazkova oh 🥹🙏🏻Thanks a lot~ 💋💋💋 期待😚

[@normanfreund]

I would like to make such an instrument. I have already read up on the form of the mouth piece. Could you tell me the length and internal bore diameter of your flute? I assume it is a constant internal bore diameter, if not what changes along the length have you applied? I assume your mouth piece is just the end of the flute cut at an angle around the entire periphery, rather than the typical bird found on recorders?

[@veronika_vitazkova]

hello, I would recommend you this facebook group, they are writing about fujaras, koncovkas and a way how to build them :) facebook.com/groups/599861770047697 it is called Fujara, Fujarka, Fujarôčka - Harmonic / Overtone Flutes Players They can help you for sure. I am only a player and don´ t understand the technical things behind these instruments :)

[@normanfreund]

@@veronika_vitazkova , thanks much appreciated. Have joined the group you mentioned. Interesting. Suspect there might be a language barrier, a lot of talk non-english, at the moment relying upon the built in language translation tool in FaceBook.

[@veronika_vitazkova]

@@normanfreund most people speak english or are willing to translate if the automatic translator makes no sense :) just ask 🙂

[@lollylalola]

After I had a guide in the Czech Republic that played one throughout our tour, I fell in love with the instrument and was able to order one on Etsy from someone in Slovakia. I just checked and he still has his shop. Just do a search for koncavka

[@user-rb6rs6cu3f]

Trilkujes ako slavik ❤

[@veronika_vitazkova]

haha, ďakujem 😁

[@premapoojitanananda7947]

🤩♥️🌸

[@yyakaemun]

How do you do the trilled tones? I'm a beginner

[@veronika_vitazkova]

with one finger, that is all. Did you buy a koncovka? :)

[@yyakaemun]

@@veronika_vitazkova Not yet, but I did get a Tilinca, which is similar. The trill I was wondering about is the one you do starting at 0:08, I can see that the sound is formed in the mouth due to the movement of your jaw, instead of with your finger. I'm trying to replicate it by trilling R's whilst blowing, but doing so lets some of the air out the sides when doing higher pitches, which isn't good I think.

[@wack8589]

👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@rudyslifeandmusic8366]

Have you played a сопілка yet?

[@veronika_vitazkova]

not yet, but it is similar, no? :)

[@marcelkacz8426]

Treba naozaj oceniť tu pozitívnu drzosť k nástroju a chuť objavovať jeho možnosti

[@veronika_vitazkova]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@O_saBee]

Hi! May I ask where did you get the instrument? I would love to get one for myself but I'm unsure where is the best place to get it...

[@veronika_vitazkova]

I got it from my great fujara and flute maker Milan Koristek, this is his website :) fujara.pro/

[@O_saBee]

@@veronika_vitazkova thank you for the link and response! Much appreciated ☺️

[@EC2019]

Ended up here because of Atomic Shrimp.

[@arandomsupra]

I have to know the context

[@dimmilo]

krasne,muzu vedet v jakem tonu je tato koncovka ladena a jestli je vhodna pro zacatecniky? dekuji

[@veronika_vitazkova]

dakujem! myslim, ze kazds koncovka je vhodna, tal aby sa na nej dobre hralo a prijemne aa drzala :) Tato koncovka je in C

[@valeriyaevora6823]

Very beautiful - bravo!👏👏👏 What key is this koncovka?

[@veronika_vitazkova]

thank you for listening! This koncovka is in C 🙂

[@josefsladek7016]

Nice! What key is it?

[@veronika_vitazkova]

in C :) thanks!

[@josefsladek7016]

I have bought this overtone flute few weeks ago and it’s great! Same tune and it’s made by Mr. Žďárský 😊.

[@ekaterinamozharovskaya3053]

It's like "kaluka" in Russia ))))

[@Eugensson]

Now I'm thinking we should call it "kincivka" in Ukrainian and "koncovka" in Russian too, it just makes much more sense :)

[@Mark-rm2yu]

Can these be chromatic?

[@veronika_vitazkova]

I don´t think so, because there are not so many holes, my koncovka maker made me one more instrument that has an extra hole so I can do some half notes but not all of them. I am planing to get a full set of koncovkas - where I can play in every key and and also switch them as needed.

[@Mark-rm2yu]

@veronika_vitazkova great! Still though, that's a very nice and unique sound. I need to get one.

[@7evilmage7]

nadhera .... to je ladena v C alebo G ?

[@veronika_vitazkova]

diky! in C :)

[@Kingeroy]

Seems very easy... Hum... Not really. Great sound, great performance, great thank you.

[@sandraviana9932]

How to learn? Anyone from KZbin?

[@veronika_vitazkova]

by ear and watching videos :) that is how I learned it and if you get a chance to meet a player that would show you directly or one online lesson should already help a lot :)

[@bogdanfaloba]

E un instrument muzical tradițional și în România ! ❤❤❤

[@veronika_vitazkova]

yes! Also in Ukraine, Hungary, Slovakia and some other places :)

[@mtvs1998]

i play mine to whales and they gather around the boat and play

[@veronika_vitazkova]

wow, really?

[@MissionSilo]

Ad block makes ya silent

[@veronika_vitazkova]

really?

[@MissionSilo]

@@veronika_vitazkova yes

[@sudarshanjuyal]

Amazing