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The sipsi (also known as sipsi-sipsi) is a single-reed wood-wind instrument with a cylindrically bored tube.
Mostly it has five to eight large fingerholes including a hole for left thumb. The instrument is manufactured out of a hollow plantstalk
(mostly bamboo) or wood. Sound is very powerfull for an instrument with a cylindrically bored tube. It's mostly played with circular breathing. Its large
fingerholes don't allow to use cross fingerings but sipsis have a very large range to slide tones.
Sipsi manufactured out of a hollow plantstalk may be the oldest reed instrument on which a melody can be played. It's manufactured
nearly unchanged to date.
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