Sipsi

<h2 id="playing">Playing</h2>
<p>The <a href="/facts/Timbre/lVXB949E">timbre</a> of the sipsi is similar to that of the <a href="/facts/Uilleann_pipes/GXsAorws">Irish bagpipe</a>. Players of the sipsi employ the <a href="/facts/Circular_breathing/pG3gIwj4">circular breathing</a> method, in which air is breathed through the nose while it is being pumped out of stored air in the cheeks. This breathing method is used to form an uninterrupted sound.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
</p><p>To tune the sipsi, one must wrap a thread around the bottom of the reed, which is placed into the main body of the instrument. Adjusting the reed with the string is the way to tune.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> The instrument's range is greater than its six finger holes would suggest, the upper registers can be attained by particular approach to breathing.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Clarinet/57a45Ia7">Clarinet</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Diplica/JJ10yYmj">Diplica</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Dili_tuiduk/eXDhR9vV">Dili tuiduk</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Turkish_folk_music/YhrpwXNI">Turkish folk music</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2>
<ul><li>Redhouse Türkçe/Osmanlıca-İngilizce Sözlüğü, 14th edition (1999), Istanbul, Turkey. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 975-8176-11-0. Retrieved 2015-12-13.</li>
<li>Türkçe Sözlük [Turkish Dictionary]. Expanded 7th edition (1983). Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları [Turkish Language Association Publications], Ankara, Turkey. Retrieved 2015-12-13.</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Instruments". Group Istanbul. Retrieved 2011-09-28. <a href="http://groupistanbul.net/instruments/" target="_blank">http://groupistanbul.net/instruments/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Akdeniz, Tayyar. "Sipsi- Turkish Music Instruments- Folk Tours". Folk Tours. Folk Tours LLC. Retrieved 2011-09-28. <a href="http://www.folktours.com/turkish-music-instruments/sipsi-wind-instrument.html" target="_blank">http://www.folktours.com/turkish-music-instruments/sipsi-wind-instrument.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Instruments". Group Istanbul. Retrieved 2011-09-28. <a href="http://groupistanbul.net/instruments/" target="_blank">http://groupistanbul.net/instruments/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Reinhard, Kurt; Martin Stokes. "Turkey: II Folk Music, 4 Instrumental Music". Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Retrieved 2011-09-29. <a href="http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/44912" target="_blank">http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/44912</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Instruments". Group Istanbul. Retrieved 2011-09-28. <a href="http://groupistanbul.net/instruments/" target="_blank">http://groupistanbul.net/instruments/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>"Instruments". Group Istanbul. Retrieved 2011-09-28. <a href="http://groupistanbul.net/instruments/" target="_blank">http://groupistanbul.net/instruments/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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