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Ancia semplice (f)

(with) definite article: la: l’
plural: Ance semplici; (with) definite article: le
(the) single reed(s)

reed consisting of a base (the Body) with a vibrating blade (the Tongue)

Identical types: 55
Cornamusa

NB: Compare French Anche, Sardinian Ancia [tongue of the reed?], Aragonese Incha, and Catalonian Inxa.

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Sources

Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.104.