Kaval
（重定向自Caval）
![](/Images/godic/202501/03/Bulgarian_kaval_in_key_of_D,_African_blackwood0546.jpg")
![Bulgarian kaval in key of D (Re), Mopane wood, Pewter inlay - Wedding style kaval, made in 2012 by master craftsman Radoslav Paskalev, Virginia, USA](/Images/godic/202501/03/Bulgarian_kaval_in_D,_Mopane0546.JPG")
![A 1919 Kaval. Bone ferrules decorated on the lathe with turned grooves and bird's eye decorations are applied with a preshaped cutting tool.](/Images/godic/202501/03/Kaval0546.gif")
The kaval is a chromatic end-blown flute traditionally played throughout the Balkans and Turkey. The kaval is primarily associated with mountain shepherds.
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 four more unfingered intonation holes near the bottom of the kaval. As a wooden rim-blown flute, kaval is similar to the kawala of the Arab world and ney of the Middle East.