Home Introduction About WS The bagpipe The launeddas Mouth organs
English French German Spanish
Countries
Thesaurus
Terminology
Hornpipes Launeddas Bladder pipes Bagpipes Mouth organs
Bagpipe parts Mouth organ parts
Persons Ensembles
All By Country
Books, &c. Dictionaries &c. Magazines & series Gramophone records Personal communication
All Museums (only) Festivals (only) Organisations (only) Websites only
Reviews, &c. Various
Contact

Manca (f)

(with) definite article: a
(the) left (hand)

left hand chanter of a non-linked double chanter: cylindrical, divergent, bell / single reed

Identical types: 5
Ciaramedda

Left hand chanter; For left-handed players it changes places with the Ritta; NB: ➺ Pipite.

Range: d¹-e¹-f♯¹-g¹-a¹.
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.

Ncanta di quattru, Secunna, Urda

Sources

Sarica, Mario: La zampogna a paro siciliana [Title on 1st text page: La zampogna a paro in Sicilia]. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), II, p.156, 164, 165 (range).