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Buf (m)

(with) definite article: il
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low drone, adjustable: cylindrical, straight, no bell, no cavity / single reed

Identical types: 2
Surdulina

Divergent, rear centre; The longest pipe of the instrument; It ends in the shape of a flat disk, or a "falsa campana" [false bell]; Term, according to Tucci in "Arberor" (Italo-Albanian), used in Lungro (prov. Cosenza).

Measurements according to Leydi: 200 mm (e♭¹); Big Surdulina [NB: ➺ my remark to Surdelina; ws]: 480 mm; According to Tucci: 170-500 mm; Pitch according to Leydi: d¹.
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.


Sources

Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.142 (surdelina).

Leydi, Roberto: Typological outlines of the Italian bagpipes. In: SIMP IX (Stockholm, 1989), p.113 (pitch only, no term).

Tucci, Roberta: Le zampogne in Calabria. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), II, p.107.

Tucci, Roberta: La zampogna in Calabria. In: Cinque: Kunsertu: la musica popolare in Italia (1977), p.117.