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Dudey

Dudey [Pol. dudy, from Turk. *duduk], 17th-c. Ger. bagpipe, described by Praetorius as being similar to the Hūmmelchen but with an additional, small drone pitched an oct. above the lower drone. The word appears first in the 17th c. and becomes Dudelsack by the end of the c. (159). Praetorius, Michael. Syntagma musicum, Parts II, III. 1618, 1619.

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