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Diple, dvojnice or dvojanke (pluralia tantum) are a traditional woodwind musical instrument in Serbian music and Croatian music. Pluralia tantum is a category of nouns that appear only in plural and do not have a singular. ... A woodwind instrument is a musical instrument in which sound is produced by blowing through a mouthpiece against an edge or by a vibrating reed, and in which the pitch is varied by opening or closing holes in the body of the instrument. ... Serbia and Montenegro is a Balkan country, recently ravaged by war that has caused widespread migration and cultural oppression. ... The music of Croatia, like the country itself, has three major influences: the influence of the Mediterranean especially present in the coastal areas, of the Balkans especially in the mountainous, continental parts, and of central Europe in the central and northern parts of the country. ...


Diple is a flute, but quite specific in that it is made in double (hence the name): it has a double mouthpiece, two windways, two labiums and two pipes, one played by the left, and the other one by the right hand. Usually the right hand plays the melody while the left follows it with bass. The Flute (Ger. ... // Scuba diving and industrial breathing sets Nemrod twin-hose diving regulator made in the 1980s. ... Look up melody in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Bass (IPA: [], rhyming with face), when used as an adjective, describes tones of low frequency. ...


Bagpipes also exist which use diple as their chanter. A piper playing the Great Highland Bagpipe. ... The chanter is the part of the bagpipe upon which the player creates the melody. ...


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YouTube - Diple: Dalmatinski (404 words)
Hi, i also play the diple and i have missing reed, i can't find replacements anywhere, could you please help?
This is me playing the Dalmatian Diple from Croatia.
Diple - Croatia - Dalmatia authenticated music instrument
don Frane Ivanišević (905 words)
Diple su s mijon, koji je od janeta ili kozleći, zato niki i kažu: diplit u mišić.
Diple razlažu, svirale sviru, ćurlikaju i žvižđu, gusle gudu, odjekuju, 'armonika zvoni.
I uz diple niki znadu isto pivat', ali nije jin glas pisme čist.
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