Berde (gender unknown)
Aljmaš [E of Osijek], eastern Slavonia, on the border with Serbia; According to Sachs from Greek βαρύτονον (barytonon), defining it as serbokroat. "Baßpfeife [drone]"; NB¹: According to Kuhač it consists of 4 parts [sic; i.e. incl. the stock!]; NB²: ➺ diminutives Berdalica, Berdaljka, Brdalica, &c ; NB³: The genitive (grammatical form) is Berdeta.
According to Kuhač it produces a G.
NB: Staff-notation to be added.
Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile].
Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.124 (»Kuhač; »Manojlović), 178, 194 (»Kuhač).
Gojković, Andrijana: Narodni muzički instrumenti [Folk musical instruments]. Beograd, 1979 (2: »Širola [129]).
Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975 (»Brömse [?]; »Sachs).
Kuhač, Franjo Š. [Šaver]: Prilog za poviest glasbe južnoslovjenske: Gajde [Contribution to the history of South Slavic music: Bagpipes]. In: Rad jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti, knjiga L (Zagreb, 1879), p.45, 45², 47 [4x], 47¹, 49, 49¹ (»Smoler [Schmaler]), 50, 51, 90 (Basspfeife), 93 (➺ prdalica); Berdeta: p.44 (Basspfeife), 76.