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==Description== [[File:Map Folklore I 1990 - Strumenti musicali tradizionali - Touring Club Italiano CART-TEM-096.jpg|thumb|upright=2|Map folk musical instruments in Italy]] Launeddas are used to play a complex style of music by [[circular breathing]] that has achieved some international attention, especially [[Efisio Melis]], [[Antonio Lara (musician)|Antonio Lara]], [[Dionigi Burranca]], and [[Luigi Lai]]. Melis and Lara were the biggest stars of the 1930s golden age of launeddas, and each taught their style to apprentices such as Lara's [[Aureliu Porcu]].<ref name="MTIM">"Franco Melis". Musical Traditions Internet Magazine. URL accessed on 26 August 2005.</ref> Launeddas consist of three reed pipes, two five-holed chanters of different lengths and one [[drone (music)|drone]]. They are played using circular breathing.<ref name="MTIM"/>
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