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The
albogue is a single-reed
clarinetThe clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet...
coming from
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[The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...]
, especially from Madrid ('gaita serrana'), Asturias ('turullu'), Castile and Andalusia ('gaita gastoreña').
It is similar to a hornpipe, like the Welsh pibgorn and the Basque
albokaThe alboka is a double hornpipe or clarinet native to the Basque Country.Although the alboka is a woodwind instrument, its name is derived from the Arabic "al-bûq"...
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Although the
albogue is a woodwind instrument, its name is derived from the
ArabicArabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages such as Hebrew and the Neo-Aramaic languages. In terms of speakers, the Arabic macrolanguage is the largest member of the Semitic language family. It is spoken by more than 280 million people as...
"al-bûq" (البوق) (literally "the trumpet" or "the horn").
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