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
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
together with
joik.
