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Palčenjak (m)

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drone of a triple or quadruple chanter

Identical types: 4
Dude

From "palčić/palac" [(small) thumb]; Drone of the triple-chanter; Podravska [Drava] region (Bilogora mountain region (➺ Palčenjak (thumbhole)); Bjelovar-Križevci area (Hrgovljani; Kapela; Veliki Raven; Ždralovi); Podravska Moslavina, &c.); Srijem [Syrmia] region.

Shorter than the actual chanter and semidrone; Stopped at its lower end, it has a thumbhole to "switch" it on/off.

Doglasak, Dvoglasak


Sources

Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.196, 200, 201 (»Križan), 205 (»Čižmeković), 207 (»Zetajić), 209, 246, 258.

Gojković, Andrijana: Narodni muzički instrumenti [Folk musical instruments]. Beograd, 1979 (»Širola [129]).