Diple (f) (plurale tantum)
double chanter, 1 piece: cylindrical, parallel, no bell / holes: various / single reeds
From Greek διπλός (dhyplos [double]); Chanter, with slightly divergent bores and relatively deep finger-pits; Bjelašnica region (Džepi; Tuhovići; Umoljani); Gacko; Livno; Livanjsko Polje region (Mihaljevići; Potkraj; Zagoričani); Mokro; On types 2 and 3 (both of which can be mirrored) only one tube has all 6 fingerholes, the other (which is either a drone or semidrone), usually shows dot-like impressions (marking the nonexistent fingerholes); NB: ➺ homonyms, &c.
With a pit for each separate finger; Range example 1 (type 1): Left: [a¹-c²?] / Right: a¹-g²; Example 2 (Livno): left & right: f+¹-a♭¹-b♭¹-c²-d♭²-e♭²-f²; Example 3a (Gacko): left & right: a¹-b♭¹-c²-d²-e²-f♯²-g♯²; Example 3b (Bosnia; Location?; Coll. Brussels Museum, inv. 2411 [?]): left & right: g♭¹-a♭¹-b♭¹-c♭²-d♭²-e♭²-f².
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.
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