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Shkandril [Shkandrill?] (m)

(with) definite article: Shkandrili [Shkandrilli?]
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medium drone, adjustable: conical, straight, bell, cavity? / double reed

Identical types: 7
Karramunxë

Albanian term for the rear drone of the "Arbëresh" (Italo-Albanian) Karramunxë; In Sokoli/Miso also enigmatically spelt "shkandriti"; NB¹: ➺ Trumbë; NB²: ➺ Shkandili (Basilicata).

Sources

Tole, Vasil S.: Inventory of performers on iso-polyphony. Tirana, 2010 (shkandril).

Sokoli, Ramadan & Miso, Pirro: Veglat muzikore të popullit shqiptar ([Musical instruments of the Albanian people]). Tiranë, 1991, p.124 (shkandrilli, shkandriti).