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Pikkiada (f)

(with) definite article: sa
plural: Pikkiadas; (with) definite article: ? [is/sas?]
(the) ?

each of the musical phrases forming a melody

Identical types: 2

Each of the musical phrases forming the Iskala of a Sardinian chain dance; Each of them consists of 3 "elements" with 3 motifs of 4 or 6 beats each; According to Weis Bentzon, the term commonly used by the Launeddas players; Though referring to him as his source, Bakx oddly contradicts this, stating that it is a formerly more often used "synonym" of Noda.

Noda, Picchiada

Floriğğu, Furia [?], Passeğğu, Serrada

Pikkiada maista, Pikkiadedda

Sources

Weis Bentzon, Andreas Fridolin: The launeddas: a Sardinian folk music instrument. Copenhagen, 1969, p.64.

Bakx, Phons: De launeddas: rietinstrument van de Sarden. Middelburg, 1995, p.52.