The ''reclam de xeremies'', also known as the ''xeremia bessona'' or ''xeremieta'', is a

double clarinet The term double clarinet refers to any of several woodwind instruments consisting of two parallel pipes made of cane, bird bone, or metal, played simultaneously, with a single reed for each. Commonly, there are five or six tone holes in each pipe ...

with two single reeds, traditionally found on the Pityusic Island of Ibiza, off the

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n coast of

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. It consists of two cane tubes of equal length, bound together by cord and small pieces of lead to stabilise the tubes. On each tube are several finger holes, traditionally four in the front and one on the back, though in modern instruments the back hole is often omitted. At the top end of each cane a smaller piece of cane holding the single reed, or directly cut into the instrument's top end, making it an idioglot single reed instrument. Traditionally the fingerholes gave a

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in a tuning varying by instrument. Various researchesGarcía-Matos, Manuel: Instrumentos musicales folklóricos de España. ''Anuario Musical'', 9 (1954), p. 161 believe that the ''reclam'' descends from a similar instrument of Hellenic Egypt. In any case, it does indeed appear to be very similar in design to other Mediterranean

s such as the Arabic ''

mijwiz The ''mijwiz'' ( ar, , DIN: ''miǧwiz'') is a traditional Middle East musical instrument popular in Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. Its name in Arabic means "dual," because of its consisting of two, short, bamboo pipes with reed tips p ...

'', the Tunisian ''zumarra'', the Egyptian '' argul'', the Sardinian ''

launeddas The ''launeddas'' (also called Sardinian triple clarinet) are a traditional Sardinian woodwind instrument made of three pipes, each of which has an idioglot single reed. They are a polyphonic instrument, with one of the pipes functioning as a ...

'' or single pipes as the Maltese zumara. Per the Hornbostel-Sachs classification, this is classified as a "cojoined single-reed instrument," categorised by the number 422.22.

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