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dulzaina
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Also known as dulciana

thumb|Dulzaina being played thumb|The Muixeranga song (Xavi Richart, valencian dolçaina with tabalet drum). thumb|100px|Dolçaina (Valencian Community, [[Spain).]]

Key facts

Instrument.name
Dulzaina/Dolçaina
Instrument.image
Dulzaina.jpg
Instrument.caption
Aragonese dulzaina
Instrument.background
woodwind
Instrument.names
xirimita
Instrument.classification
Wind Woodwind Double reed
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
422.112
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
Double-reeded aerophone with conical bore
Instrument.related
Sorna Rhaita Suona Sopila Zurna

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • Valencian G dolçaina
  • Range
  • Music reading and writing
  • Acoustics
  • Registers
  • Accidentals
  • Tonalities
  • Dynamics
  • Articulation
  • Fingering
  • Endurance
  • References

thumb|Dulzaina being played thumb|The Muixeranga song (Xavi Richart, valencian dolçaina with tabalet drum). thumb|100px|Dolçaina (Valencian Community, [[Spain).]]

The dulzaina () is a Spanish double reed instrument in the oboe family. It has a conical shape and is the equivalent of the Breton bombarde. It is often replaced by an oboe or a double reeded clarinet as seen in Armenian and Ukrainian folk music.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “dulzaina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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