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Ragastene (f)

horn-shaped [?]

single chanter: cylindrical, straight, bell / single reed

Identical types: 11
Dūdas

With 5 fingerholes, which produce a diatonic scale; The Russian text in the »Atlas« enigmatically informs us that "the melodic pipe was with 10 playing holes", which is not repeated in the translation, and the photo (fig.280) shows a Suomu duda with a chanter without bell; NB: ➺ Rogastene.

A (a¹-f♯²); Cow-horn bell.
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.

Blakusstabule, Dūciņas, Dūda, Duhka, Dūka / Dūkas, Raksta gals, Raksta stabule


Sources

Атлас музыкальных инструментов народов СССР = Atlas of musical instruments of the peoples inhabiting the USSR [1963]. Вертков, Константин А. (Vertkov, Konstantin A.) / Благодатов, Георгий И. (Blagodatov, Georgij I.) / Язовицкая, Эльза Э. (Jazovickaja, El’za E.). Москва (Moskva), 1975 (2), p.95 / 212.

Muktupāvels, Valdis: Latviešu mūzikas instrumentu sistemātika [Thesis]. Rīga, 1999, p.115 [8x (incl. conjugations)], 116 [7x (incl. conjugations)], 117, 119 [3x].

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