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Fleur (f)

(with) definite article: la
(the) flower

highest note possible on the chanter

No identical types known (yet).

Highest note possible on the chanter, being the octave of the tonic, produced by extra pressure on the bag and only obtainable with quality reeds; ➺ Overblowing;
NB: Compare similar terms (Floriation, &c.).

Sources

Chassaing, Jean-François: La tradition de cornemuse en Basse-Auvergne et Sud-Bourbonnais [Thèse de doctorat, ethnologie 3e cycle, Univ. Lyon 2, 1981]. Moulins, 1983 (© 1982), p.11, 82, 198, 201.