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See also:ARGHOUL, ARGHOOL, or ARGHUL (in the See also:Egyptian hieroglyphs,As or As-IT)
,1 an See also:ancient and See also:modern See also:Egyptian and Arab See also:wood-See also:wind See also:instrument, with cylindrical See also:bore and single See also:reed See also:mouthpiece of the See also:clarinet type
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The See also:arghoul consists of two reed pipes of unequal lengths See also:bound together by means of waxed See also:thread, so that the two mouthpieces See also:lie See also:side by side, and can be taken by the performer into his mouth at the same See also:time
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The mouthpiece consists of a reed having a small See also:tongue detached by means of a See also:longitudinal slit which forms the beating reed, as in the clarinet mouthpiece
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The shorter See also:pipe has six holes on which the See also:melody is played; the three upper holes being covered by the fingers of the right See also:hand, and the See also:lower by those of the See also:left hand
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The longer pipe has no lateral holes; it is a
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