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Çifte (-)

double / pair

Hornpipe without a mouthpiece: chanter + drone, no bell / idioglot single reeds: up-cut

Identical types: 2

Prov. Hatay [SE of Adana]; NB: ➺ Tibia pares.

Each cane pipe consists of 3 parts (body: 240 mm, Ø 13 mm; junction-reed: ca. 40 mm, Ø 11 mm; up-cut reed: ca. 55 mm, Ø 8 mm [measures of 1 specimen described in Picken]); The material used is known as kargı [cane], locally sometimes called gargı [spear / lance].

Argul, Argun, Demli Çifte, Kargın, Zambır


Sources

Picken, Laurence: Folk musical instruments of Turkey. London, 1975, p.513, 514, 515, plate 44, b’ & b" (»p.513).

Dictionaries, &c.

Redhouse Yeni Türkçe-İngilizce sözlük / New Redhouse Turkish-English dictionary. İstanbul, 1986 (8).