%0 Journal Article %T History and Perspectives of the Study of Ethnic Musical Instruments in Karelia %A Natalia S. §Žikhailova %J European Researcher %D 2011 %I European Researcher %X The article deals with the history of studying traditional musical instruments in Karelia, analyzes how theoretical research relates to playing ethnic musical instruments and predicts the perspectives of the ethnic musical instrument study development in Karelia. %K musical instrument study %K study of musical instruments %K traditional musical instruments %K Karelian culture %U http://erjournal.ru/journals_n/1318688218.pdf