According to Szydłowska-Ceglowa, "a positive assessment"; It is, however, not a term, but a characteristic, mentioned in Kasper Miaskowski (1549-1622), »Zbiór rytmów« [A collection of rhythms] (Kraków, 1612): "Ale niemasz nad nasze z krzywym rogiem dudy" [But there’s no better bagpipe than ours with its crooked horn].