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Mascura (f)

(with) definite article: la
(the) male

left hand chanter of a non-linked double chanter: cylindrical, divergent, no bell / single reed

Identical types: 3
Scupina (molisana)

Name used by Pompilio Vergalito (➺ Angelo Vergalito); According to Leydi and Scaldaferri this chanter is stopped, but none of such is mentioned by Gioielli; NB: ➺ Femmena.

1 piece of cane (Arundo donax); (oldest specimen found): 216 mm; Range: d¹-e¹-f♯¹-g¹-a¹; The range shown in Leydi is c²-d²-e²-f♯²-g².
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.

Sources

Leydi, Roberto: Typological outlines of the Italian bagpipes. In: SIMP IX (Stockholm, 1989), p.109.

Gioielli, Mauro: Le zampogne nel Molise. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), I, p.237/266 (note 104).

Scaldaferri, Nicola: La zampogna in Basilicata. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), II, p.68.

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jstor.org (p.136 [range])