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Dillik (-)

plural: Dillikler [?]
tongue

idioglot single reed with the vibrating end of its tongue facing stock and bag, or the mouth of the player

Identical types: 15

According to Picken, "The precise botanical nature of the reeds has not been established, but those seen have all been made from lengths of an aquatic grass, some 8 mm in diameter. They are down-cut, upward-striking, single, idioglottal percussion reeds, c. 30 mm in length".

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Sources

Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.179.

Picken, Laurence: Folk musical instruments of Turkey. London, 1975, p.531.

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