Trembita

Trembita

A Ukrainian highlander playing the trembita
Classification	Aerophone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	423.121-12
Playing range
c1-g4
Related instruments
Alpine horn Bucium Cossack horn Alphorn

The trembita (from the old Germanic trumba, "to trumpet", in Ukrainian трембíта) is a type of an alpine horn made of wood. It is common among Ukrainian highlanders Hutsuls who live in western Ukraine, eastern Poland, Slovakia, and northern Romania. In Poland it is known as a trombita (in the south), a bazuna (in the north), or a ligawka (in central Poland). Trembita is also one of the Ukrainian folk musical instruments.