Talk:Duduk/Archive 2

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Archives:
 * Archive 1 - Archived on November 22, 2006

Comment
Can someone stop Brandmeister or whatever from messing the Duduk article and deleting its Armenian origins facts? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.149.119.198 (talk) 02:35, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Origin
The duduk is ARMENIAN. How I know this is also mentioned in the article. "The duduk is one of the oldest double reed instruments in the world and dates back over 3,000 years. Variants of the duduk can be found in Armenia and the Caucasus. The roots of Armenian duduk music go back to the times of the Armenian king Tigran the Great (95–55 BC)". Well, during the rule of King Tigran the Great, Turkey, or the Seljuk turks, and Azerbaijan weren't a nation or a people at the time. So they couldn't have possible have created the duduk. So the duduk is Armenian as it is mentioned in many ancient manuscripts. it is also mentioned in WorldMusicalInstruments.com that "the duduk is an Armenian wind instrument with sound qualities similar to the clarinet. The duduk is one of the oldest double reed instruments in the world. It can produce a wide range of melodies, including rhythmic dance tunes. The duduk has truly become a part of everyday life in Armenia. Both beginner and professional duduks are offered. Other Armenian instruments offered by WorldMusicalInstruments include Bloul and Shvi, listed in their own categories under Wind Instruments." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Armoboy323 (talk • contribs) 03:34, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

The origins
The reference to UNESCO says nothing about origins of the instrument. It calls it an Armenian oboe and says that Armenian version of the instrument is declared a Masterpiece of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity. It also says:

The duduk or tsiranapokh, which is also called the apricot tree pipe, belongs to the organological category of areophones, which also includes the balaban played in Azerbaijan and Iran, the duduki common in Georgia and the ney in Turkey.

In any case, this is not a scientific source. I think there should be some sort of a scientific research on this issue. I quoted Great Soviet Encyclopedia, below are some more links to Russian sources, who are well familiar with region:

Pre-Soviet Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, published in 1890:

Дудуки

''— кавказская дудка, имеющая довольно нежный звук. Д. по преимуществу инструмент комнатный и входит в состав оркестра, сопровождающего пляску''. 

A modern Russian dictionary:

ДУДУК

(армянский) дудуки (грузинский), баламан (азербайджанский), балабан (дагестанский), духовой язычковый музыкальный инструмент

They say nothing about its Armenian origins. I would like to see a scholarly source stating that it was invented by Armenians, if such source is available. From what I see the instrument is popular with many different people on a vast territory and has a Turkish name, but there’s no proof of its actual origins. Grandmaster 08:54, 7 November 2006 (UTC)


 * "The roots of the duduk in Armenia date back to the times of the Armenian king Tigran the Great (95-55BC.). One ancestor of duduk is an ancient flute (aulos) made from reed. This type of reed duduk may be seen in Armenian manuscripts from Middle Ages."

That is enough proof there is not proof what so ever that it is Turkish or any other countries where it actually originated.

Düdük is a loan from "Dudak" (means lips) in Turkish or Turkic. So why dont you start searching its origins from its ORIGIN?--94.54.228.174 (talk) 12:07, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * That tells us about the word, but not necessarily the instrument. The website that you cited calls the instrument "Armenian duduk." -- Gyrofrog  (talk) 14:27, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

ok, why dont you find relieble sources instead of posting un-neutral sources? is it because of the masters have armenian origins? ok then im the best at midi-keyboard, and did i invent it?--94.54.228.174 (talk) 20:32, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

The duduk
The duduk is entirely a armenian instrument it dates back thousands of years ago and inscriptions show Armenians were, its oppressed to many cultures around the Caucasian region and the middle east but however it originated from Armenians. Nareklm 14:38, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Please see the template on top, only thing that was talked about in this page was this since its creation.. :)) So please let's avoid making simple declarations of opinion, this talk page is not about what our convictions are, doesn't matter if someone believes Duduk is Chinese, Swedish, Armenian, Turkish etc. :) Baristarim 23:01, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I wasn't talking to you or for the template above those make no sense what so ever denying the fact Armenians were the first to use or invent this tool whether or not you actually are i think stating it, is important the duduk is an ancient instrument its even in armenian manuscripts when Tigran the great was at throne it is a part of armenian history and thou it shall stay that way. Nareklm 23:41, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
 * lol :)) I wasn't saying where it originated from.. I am not at all an expert, I have neither studied its history or, frankly, care enough about it to do so. I was only trying to say that this page is about improvements that could be made to this article, and such changes must follow concensus and must be made built upon sources. Simple declarations of opinion or conviction doesn't suffice, that's all.. Cheers! Baristarim 01:06, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem than i think stating its origins are important whether its in Caucasia or Armenia.

Attempted information monopoly by commercial enterprise: duduk.com
Be weary that the site, and the many many related sites, duduk.com. It is not an official voice of the Armenian duduk. It is a commercial enterprise. You will find that in nearly every corner of the Internet, including this Wiki, and others, that they have planted links to bolster their profits. Their integrety in doing so is questionable. Intellectual freedom is questioned when a for-profit agency claims to be the "official" voice of a cultural treasure!

Their other mirror sites are: duduk.com dudukonline.com armenians.com mksduduks.com

There are more as well, and possibly more coming. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Madoherty (talk • contribs) 17:30, 17 January 2007 (UTC).

About competence of various encyclopedias about the origin
I suppose it is better to rely on specialized works in music.

The encyclopedias and glossaries, were listed here, say nothing about the instrument's origin. They only notice the areas where it is spread. As you may see, they often write nothing about origin of most musical instruments.

Anyway, we should not resignedly rely on their information regarding to musical instruments. Look, they always include several sentences. To find out more we should look for scientific works of scientists, specialized in music, or at least musical encyclopedias.

As an example I would like to cite material of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Let us check "Suona" (唢呐). They write: "Сона, китайский духовой музыкальный инструмент; один из предшественников гобоя. Аналогичен кавказской зурне". "Suona, Chinese woodwind musical instrument, one of the predecessors of oboe. It is similar to Caucasian zurna".

What should we think after reading this? That zurna is a Chinese aerophone? It is a fact, that during the Tang period, most of instrumets played in Chinese folk music, were adopted from different nations and regions (generally, through the 1) Great Silk Way; 2) ethnic groups that were living to north-west from that time China; or from 3) Arabic seafarers). And we know that suona is one of such instruments. In spite of this, nothing could hinder authors of the Encyclopedia from showing the information mentioned above.

Decide yourself what to think about the origin. I just would like to point at some evident lacks in coverage of musical instruments.

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Reed
What species of plant is the reed made from? Badagnani (talk) 19:02, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Easy to use?
This is not a beginner's instrument. Most people to take it for the first time can't even produce a single note! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.65.96.35 (talk) 01:45, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

reference to "Gladiator"
I think the reference to the film in the introductory paragraph was inappropriate. I would argue that the reference should be stricken as it doesn't have much to do with instrument itself. Certainly a link from the film's page(s) to this one would be appropriate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Khromegnome (talk • contribs) 20:35, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

To Grandmaster
To Grandmaster

Live up to your own standard and redirect Balaban (instrument) to this article or else your comments will be considered as highly hypocritic, as the article is pretending the same Duduk to be basically Azeri.

Duduk in Turkish is used for any pipe instrument, in fact, in Turkey any child instrument which makes noise by mouth is quite often called duduk. The original Bulgarian duduk, (the original Balkan duduk) looks like this. ,, this is not the instrument we intend in the English world when we say Duduk.

A flute is more than just a pipe used by the Egyptians, it was sofisticated and made of an instrument by the Phyrigians and one of the arguments used by the Greeks to support that Armenians were at the beginning Phrygian colonies was that both people were mastering the art of building and playing flutes. It was in inscriptions describing the Armenians, as the Armenians were known to be the players of moorning flutes directed to the dieties. The Zurna for example was derived from the Phrygian reed-trumpet, which at the time was called eghegnaphot by the Armenians. . Or see last part of second paragraph on the relation here. Or third paragraph here.

The modern musical mode was derived from the Phrygian mode and Armenians were the first to adopt them, that is why the Armenian anotations were used to decipher old music because they have not changed since the 4th century, when the Phrygian modes were perfectionalised. Those partitions already included specific musics for the duduk long before anyone else. They were in D, just like the Phrygians. (For example, in Armenia and the Bulgarian Rhodopes, both ancient Phrygian colonies, music is still arranged in the key of D, note the Bulgarian original duduk is not the Duduk we intend)

The claim that everyone had flute instruments won't make it. The Flute was at times even banished in ancient Greece and not very often used, but at the time the Armenians or some Phrygian colonies in the Balkan were using them, but only the Armenians were described continuing the art of building flutes and playing for funerals and mourning brought from the Phrygians.

Where were the Turks then? Is it that much hard to know that Azeri's play an Armenian instrument, it's not the end of the world you know. Besides, the source you use does not mean anything, because duduk alone in Turkish does not describe a specfic flute?

I was searching through the Encyclopedia of Islam online edition and the series has NO entry for the duduk. The only mention of that word is under the entry of "Mizmar", which is also a type of pipe instrument, but the article makes no specific mention of Turkish origins. Here is the original passage:

''The recorder, or flûte à bec, also found favour in the East. This is the Arabic nāy labak (mouth nāy), the¶ Persian sūt, the Turkish dūduk, and the Hindustānī alg̲h̲ūza. As early as the Ik̲h̲wān al- Ṣafāʾ and the Mafātīḥ al-ʿulūm (4th/10th century) we read of the ṣaffāra, which was doubtless a flûte à bec (see Farmer, Studies, 83). Villoteau (i, 951) says that it was an instrument of this type in his day in Egypt. The dūduk or dūdūk is mentioned by Ewliyā Čelebī in nine different species (i, 642), and is also mentioned by Ḥād̲j̲d̲j̲ī Ḵh̲alīfa (i, 400). The s̲h̲āhīn would appear to have been a small three-holed recorder such as was common with pipe and tabor players in mediaeval Western Europe. It was played with the fingers of one hand, the other hand being used for beating the ṭabl or drum, hence the phrase in G̲h̲azālī: “The s̲h̲āhīn of the drummer ( ṭabbāl ).”''

That's it. There's nothing else saying that it explicitly came from Turkey (as in by Turks). It's used in the same context as, say, the Balkan or Georgian duduk. So, from where you took that one wonder.

It's too much to expect from the typical nationalistic Armenian to support the Duduk to be Armenian, because they will have to document their Phrygian heritage in the process, a heritage many reject. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Papabu (talk • contribs) 02:01, 28 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Just to note that Papabu is the sock of the banned user. As for duduk, it exists in many cultures, and claim it for only one particular culture is absurd. Grand  master  08:33, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Grandmaster is disingenuous. The tsiranapogh came far before the Turks left their caves in Mongolia. To argue it is Turkish is nonsense. It would have to mean the Turks were native to Anatolia, which they weren't. HyeSK (talk) 10:39, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

Interesting info, will add some along with the info from Balaban article and Mey I migrate here. This article has a lot of potential. Ionidasz (talk) 14:56, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * "The Barnstar of Peace" Evrythn1outof8infity (talk) 23:38, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia lacks information on armenian-inspired movie and tv soundtracks
Something should be done in this field. I have created a page on this subject, called List of Armenian-Inspired Soundtracks. It was asked for deletion. According to some administrators, completely ignorant of anything related to armenian music, there would be no proof that these soundtracks, using the armenian duduk instrument (in the heritage list of UNESCO), are influenced by armenian music. They disagree that duduk is part of armenian music. It's the same as the vandalism on the Duduk page denying the armenian origin of the Duduk instrument and ignoring the works of international organization UNESCO. PauperHell (talk) 20:14, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Bulgarian, Serbian etc. Duduk
What should be done, it's not the same instrument, a disambiguation on the main duduk, with the two different instruments to choose from? Ionidasz (talk) 15:29, 23 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Who says it is not the same instrument? Grand  master  20:42, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
 * They are not, see here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ionidasz (talk • contribs) 18:23, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * We need a written source. Grand  master  18:25, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

No, that's not true, we need a source claiming they are the same, not that they are not. They have rear 6 holes instead of 7. Duduk is a generic word. Ionidasz (talk) 18:28, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * This article is about an instrument called duduk. The instrument called duduk exists in various countries of Middle East, Caucasus and Balkans. If you believe that it is not the same instrument, please cite your sources. Grand  master  07:05, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't see what you are debating about Grandmaster, did you read the article in full? You never seem to have questioned this section. There are two main family called Duduks, one is the Bulagrian Duduk (those used in the Balkans), the other the Armenian duduk. Sampling softwares separate both, see here, view also here. This was why I asking if the page should be disambiguated. Ionidasz (talk) 14:54, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Duduk sounds like sanai
I heard duduk played here: Voyager's Golden Record - Ugam - Azerbaijan bagpipes, actually heard it on UTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVRdEvdovgk&feature=related, and a comment there informed that it is duduk. Now it sounds to my lay ears like sanai, a little lower pitch. Will some body confirm or contradict. Here is a sanai renediction. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hveeMDC6Dro&feature=related Yogesh Khandke (talk) 04:40, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Source 1
Where exacly does source 1 mention that the Duduk is Armenian? I couldnt find it. For now the source does not back the sentence in the lead. Neftchi (talk) 07:59, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
 * While most of these insturments are common throughout middle-eastern music, there is one - the duduk (double reed flute)- which is indigenous to Armenia.  This is the first sentence in that page how come you can not see ?Ali55te (talk) 19:37, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Chromatics???
The link for Chromatics goes to some band instead of where it should... which would be a page discussing the chromatic scale. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.172.106.6 (talk) 00:18, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

The saxophone is a conical instrument, not cylindrical
The statement, "the duduk...is cylindrical in shape (not conical) giving it a quality closer to a clarinet or saxophone than a double-reed," implies that the saxophone is a cylindrical instrument. The saxophone is a conical instrument, as can be seen by looking at one. I suggest that the sentence be made into two sentences, thus breaking the implication. HerbTheHorn (talk) 14:03, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

The etymological debate
I have checked the source, and the Tirgil's sockpuppet edits. I have realised this is indeed a sockpuppet account, the Mrleibpe account. But then, researching the latter I found this: Is Sevan Nisanyan acceptable as a source for etymology - Old noticeboard page

That led me to check the source of this very edit, and indeed the Proto-Turkic (not Turkish btw) theory comes from Sergei Starostin, who worked with Diakonoff. Maybe the edit in this case is constructive, regardless of that sock puppeteer. Please let me know what you think - if Starostin is considered acceptable or reliable, and I can't find the results of the above discussion about Nisanyan either.

Note: To prove I'm not a sock puppet, please feel free to revert the edit if this was indeed disruptive. --92slim (talk) 02:34, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

The clue I used is that the Slavic theory that is also mentioned is hosted in starling.rinet.ru or something like that, just like the Turkic edit (web.archive.org version of the same host). --92slim (talk) 15:01, 12 March 2015 (UTC)


 * The Altaic languages theory promoted by Tirgil34's sock Mrliebeip is highly discredited, as the Altaic languages entry at WP points out. Linguistic fringe theories do not belong at Wikipedia's articles on Armenian musical instruments. Krakkos (talk) 20:41, 13 March 2015 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry if the edit seemed disruptive; I was not aware of this information. Thank you for the informative answer. --92slim (talk) 22:17, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

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Tsiranapogh
Can anyone find better evidence for the instrument's early name being "tsiranapogh"? The presently-cited sources seem very marginal to me as reliable sources -- they just quote the claim without any explanation of evidence, and most don't even provide attribution for the claim. Are there any pre-20th century writings that use the word, or oral histories of pre-Soviet Armenians who used the word, or reputable (i.e., evidence-based and peer-reviewed) academic publications on this topic? I worry that the claim could be perceived by readers as being some modern revisionist invention to lend extra "Armenian-ness" to this instrument and distance it from Turkish or Russian influences, so it would be nice if the Wikipedia article included stronger sources to back up that claim. Ketone16 (talk) 14:27, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I was the one who added those sources and I have to agree with you here. Although I'm positive the word "tsiranapogh" was used historically in Armenian, I think the sources are a bit suspicious and do seem to be somewhat revisionist. I will do my best to find stronger sources. But for some reason I doubt they are available. -- Ե րևանցի  talk  06:24, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Where did you learn that "tsiranapogh" is the historical name? Also, in the absence of more reliable sources, what do you think should be done with the article?  Ketone16 (talk) 12:09, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

Yerevantsi is correct. The instrument has always been called the tsiranapogh. It is the original name and therefore more credible than duduk. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HyeSK (talk • contribs) 20:20, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * According to the WP:TITLE: Wikipedia generally prefers the name that is most commonly used (as determined by its prevalence in a significant majority of independent, reliable English-language sources). I don't see that tsiranapogh is the name most commonly used in reliable sources. Regardless of what one may personally believe is the original or appropriate name, we can only write what the majority of reliable sources say. Grand  master  22:27, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

It's not what one may believe, it's the facts. The tsiranapogh is older than the existence of Turks in the region. Using simple logic, how in the world could a Turkish word be used for the instrument? I know many Turks prefer to "Turkify" everything in the region, but this is nothing more than propaganda - something you are not unfamiliar with. And, there are many Armenian texts referencing the tsiranapogh. English is sources are not the defining factor. HyeSK (talk) 13:18, 2 July 2016 (UTC)HyeSK
 * I don't want to get into off topic discussions about what is and what is not propaganda. I explained you the rules. If you don't like them, ask the community to change them. But for now, the rule is that we can only use the name generally accepted in English language. Also, WP:Civil and WP:Faith are important rules to be aware of. Grand  master  19:58, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

You call it "off-topic" only because, it's true. You are pushing a Turkic agenda on Wikipedia, which is why you want so badly for the official page to be listed as duduk. You have no desire to make Wikipedia more correct, only to make it less Armenian. HyeSK (talk) 11:40, 6 July 2016 (UTC)HyeSK

Hi HyeSK, tsiranapogh is an Armenian word, while Duduk is more like an Onomatopoeia, it is a word more easily generalizable.

Possibility 1: It is possible that the Turkic population of Anatolia and Caucasus used the tsiranapogh (assuming that you are right and that tsiranapogh predated Duduk) as base (from their partial Armenian heritage), because it was the closest to the double reed instruments which were used by people partially sharing their heritage from Asia. Uyghurs and other considered Turkic population in China still play several variants of the Guan (another double reed instrument, Convergent evolution)). The tsiranapogh was just more appropriate, because the resources of the milieu (such as type of wood etc.) made it more efficient to adopt and work on the Armenian variant of double reed [oboe] instruments. And from there on, the Duduk (more cross cultural) emerged as passing the test of time (again Convergent evolution).

Possibility 2: It is possible that the Turkic population once in Anatolia and Caucasus confronted to the same milieu as the Armenians, their ancestral instruments were put under evolutionary pressure and under Convergent evolution muted to converge toward duduks.

merge, ...

Also, this is why, there might be differences between tsiranapogh and Duduk, as the later seems to be more of a category, because the later might include the same instrument but with variations in the playing range (according to the sources). The tsiranapogh playing range is more ethnic centric than another variant of the Duduk, the Balaban which is reported as being of the key of C. This playing range is more like the standard [originally] European concert flute pitch (key of C). This makes sense, because it might be more appropriate for the Azerbaijani's to adapt the more ethnic centric range with an innovation to standardize (making another variant of the instrument). The Mey on the other hand is very often offered in different ranges, vestige of the Ottoman Empire. Each have a niche, and are basically variants of the same instrument (Duduk).

So you can not replace Duduk with tsiranapogh, because the later is more of variants of the Duduk (which includes regional variations) and not a substute for the word. Yaḥyā ‎ (talk) 21:22, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

''The duduk (doo-dook;[1] Armenian: դուդուկ)[2] is an ancient double-reed woodwind flute made of apricot wood. It is indigenous to Armenia.[3][4]''

This might be misleading, first Historic Armenia and current day Armenia do not have the same borders. Secondly, even considering this, the original Tsiranapogh did probably change to become Duduk (like any known instruments) with its other variants (similar to Convergent evolution) incorporation also less ethnic centric variations. I propose changing this with a wording like Tsiranapogh originated from Ancient Armenia (and not Duduk), less loaded with controversial wording. While the duduk is less ethnic centric and take in account modernization, innovation and evolution (by different cultures in the region). This way the article will become more stable, and at least a possibility of merging the other instruments, making it less centered around one group, documenting each parties contribution and version. Yaḥyā ‎ (talk) 21:51, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

That is disingenuous, and further proves my point of the people opposing "tsiranapogh" on this article. The instrument was first the tsiranapogh and variations came after. I am just going to create a page specifically for the tsiranapogh and a notate the designation of duduk later in history. I am tired of debating Turks that want to "turkify" everything and provide dishonest history. This instrument existed before there were Turks in Anatolia. To debate this is nonsense. Grandmaster has also made a nonsense argument quoting Islamic history which also came about thousands of year later. You Turks need to learn to accept historical truth. HyeSK (talk)HyeSK —Preceding undated comment added 13:24, 6 August 2016 (UTC)


 * HyeSK, you are being extremely dishonest here. As far as I can tell, there are no reliable sources in this article that support the claim that "tsiranapogh" is the original name of this instrument.  The only sources seem to be 1) a comment by Djivan Gasparyan, who does not cite any evidence or sources; 2) articles quoting Gasparyan; 3) articles asserting the claim without providing any evidence or sources; or 4) articles acknowledging that "tsiranapogh" is an Armenian name for the instrument without asserting that it is the original name.  Gasparyan may be an expert at playing the duduk, but I have not seen any record of quality scholarship to indicate that he is an expert in music history, Armenian history, or linguistics; nor have I seen any evidence that he's published scholarly work on this topic.  As far as I can tell, this article has zero reliable secondary sources that support the assertion that tsiranapogh is the original name for this instrument.  All the sources seem to be tertiary or quaternary and many of them don't seem to be reliable.  I haven't checked all of the sources in the article yet because there are a couple of citations to books that I can't access and that are not quoted in the article, although I note that the article only cites those books for claims about the early history of the instrument, not the specific claim being contested here (i.e., that the duduk was originally called tsiranapogh).  Wikipedia policies direct that claims be verifiable with reliable sources.  In fact, "Wikipedia only includes topics that are covered by sufficient secondary sources" and reliable secondary sources should be "independent, authoritative, high-quality, accurate, fact-checked, expert-approved, subject to editorial control, or published by a reputable publisher."  I also suggest that you stop asserting that anyone who insists that claims in Wikipedia articles should be verifiable using reliable sources is pro-Turkish and anti-Armenian.  I certainly am not.  You also seem to be a major offender when it comes to using original research to support your dubious edits, which is prohibited by Wikipedia policy.  Please stop.  Ketone16 (talk) 23:38, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
 * HyeSK, sorry for the late reply, I forgot I ever wrote here. You make it seem as if the way it was called is more important than the instrument itself. Yaḥyā ‎ (talk) 16:49, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

In 1999 I visited the well known Armenian flute maker Rubo (Ruben Rushanyan). He invented and produced some oboe-like instrument similar to zurna but with more soft timber which he called "tsiranapogh". So he called duduk "duduk" and this new instrument was "tsiranapogh". איליה מעזיה (talk) 12:26, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

Duduk
Duduk (as family of instrument)

Includes: Balaban (key of C variant) Mey Tsiranapogh

Regional : Anatolia, Caucasus, etc...

Necessary to separate between ethnic origin and geography (nation-states)!

In those regions the intern cultural (even if they might have been a minority more often than not) element was governed by what they considered as foreign branch (aka Turkic (Azeri-Turks) Azerbaijani) to keep some form of neutrality in the governance (often than not by choice). That the higher hierarchical body (geographical entity) kept a less ethno-centric position is documented in the history of musical styles and instruments in the region. This article is like an amputee without incorporating Balaban in particular and the role of the inner and outer reality of those nation-states and the musical style evolution which emerged from this dichotomy.

We can certainly agree to have one set of article immune to nationalistic considerations, I can't think of any other articles than those related with music.

Inner---Armenian (strongly ethnic centered) Outer---Turkish and Azerbaijani (as a crossroad between the Persian and Turkish).

Music evolve without spoken language and is therefor less biased and influenced by political considerations. We should therefor be on neutral ground here. Yaḥyā ‎ (talk) 17:37, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

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