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Ripkane (n)

(with) definite article: Ripkaneto

original: рипкане(то)

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single gracenote

Identical types: 7

From рипам (rìpam [to jump / skip]); A sound functioning as a rhythmic dominant (or 2nd - high - drone); Produced by opening the thumbhole very briefly, it renders the melody a special character.

Sources

Atanassov, Vergilij: Gaida (Dudelsack). In: The bagpipes in Europe, 1 (1976), p.43.

Atanassov, Vergilij: Die technischen Möglichkeiten der Sackpfeife in Bulgarien. In: SIMP VI (Stockholm, 1979), p.129.