The Zournas descended from the flute, the quintessential wind instrument of ancient Greek music. It is also known as Karamouza or Pipiza, and is classed as an aerophone. It is made out of wood and cane. Its musical range spans one octave and two notes. It is a double reed instrument, like the Oboe, and produces a sharp and high-pitched sound, as a result. It comes in a variety of sizes (from 22 to 60 cm); shorter models are made in Western Roumeli and the Peloponnese, while longer ones generally come from Macedonia. They are typically played in pairs, one for melody and the other for the drone. The Zournas is paired with the Daouli to create the (main) traditional musical band (“zygia”) of the Greek mainland. The Zournas is widely used in the Peloponnese (Pipiza), Central Greece and Macedonia (Zournas), and similar instruments exist all over the East, from North Africa to India and China.