Diplica or diplice is a single-reed instrument from the Balkans, which has been playing in different forms through many parts of Croatia, but now survives mainly in the Baranya region.

The widespread practice of playing wind instruments in pairs led to the development of the double, or even triple or quadruple, clarinets.

Instruments of this kind can be traced back to approximately 2700 BCE in Egypt, where they were originally called ‘memet’.

[3] Double-clarinets are particularly important in Arab countries, but have spread throughout the Mediterranean region, India, Sardinia, and South America.

[1] The diplica has a traditional mouth horn that holds an idioglot reed and two pipes carved from one piece of wood.