Diple: Folk Music of Croatia

The diple is a traditional woodwind musical instrument that is used in Croatian music, sometime it is called Mih, mjeh, mjesina or only diple, it is also played from the Istria, Lika over the Dalmatia Island and Coast to Herzegovina Mih, it is made up of tanned goat or sheep skin and it is comprises of a dulac or kanela through which the air is blown and diple (chanter) in which it is played. Inside the mih on the chanter, two single-blade reeds are placed. Unlike the bagpipes, Mih does not have a trubanj or bordun (drone). While they are very similar, the mih it is from different parts of Croatia still differ in types of chanter, in the position of holes or in some tiny detail.