Overview Duduk
a duduk mouthpiece
the duduk double reed instrument ancient origins, having existed since @ least fifth century, while there armenian scholars believe existed more 1,500 years before that. earliest instruments similar duduk s present form made of bone or entirely of cane. today, duduk exclusively made of wood large double reed, body made aged apricot wood.
the particular tuning depends heavily on region in played. in twentieth century, armenian duduk began standardized diatonic in scale , single-octave in range. accidentals, or chromatics achieved using fingering techniques. instrument s body has different lengths depending upon range of instrument , region. reed (armenian: եղեգն, eġegn), made 1 or 2 pieces of cane in duck-bill type assembly. unlike other double-reed instruments, reed quite wide, helping give duduk both unique, mournful sound, remarkable breath requirements. duduk player called dudukahar (դուդուկահար) in armenian.
the performer uses air stored in cheeks keep playing instrument while inhales air lungs. circular breathing technique commonly used double-reed instruments in middle east.
duduk invariably played accompaniment of second dum duduk, gives music energy , tonic atmosphere, changing scale harmoniously principal duduk.
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