Surla (f)
(with) definite article: Surlataoriginal: сурла(та)
Western Macedonia; Bitola; Brvenica; Dolgaec; Dušegubica; Gorno Divjaci; Ivančišta; Kičevo; Novo Selo (district Ohrid); Plake; Prilep [➺ details below]; Strugovo [= Struga?]; Veprčani; Vraneštica; Also: an actual shawm; NB¹: ➺ Rože na surlata (extension of the chanter [synonym of Rokče]); NB²: ➺ homonyms.
Externally cylindrical, the cross-section drawing of the Prilep variant in Vukosavljević shows a bore composed of 3 cylindrical sections with (starting from the stock) a "step-by-step" increasing diameter (➺ Telescope-like bore); Range, according to Vukosavljević: f♭¹ [sic]-g¹-a¹-b♭¹-c²-d²-e²-f²-g².
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.
Линин, Александар [Linin, Aleksandar]: Народните музички инструменти во Македонија [The folk musical instruments in Macedonia]. Скопје [Skopje], 1986, p.96.
Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.123, 174.
Brömse, Peter: Flöten, Schalmeien und Sackpfeifen Südslawiens. Brünn [Brno], 1937, p.81 (Kičevo).
Џимревски, Боривоје [Džimrevski, Borivoje]: Гајдата во Македонија: инструмент - инструменталист - музика ([The bagpipe in Macedonia]). Скопје [Skopje], 1996, p.129.
Gojković, Andrijana: Narodni muzički instrumenti [Folk musical instruments]. Beograd, 1979 (2: »various).
Вукосављевић, Петар Д. (Vukosavljević, Petar D.): Гајде у Србији – њихова сазвучја и могућност уклапања у савремени народни оркестар = Bag – and – drone pipes in Serbia: their chording and compatibility with a modern folk music orchestra. Београд (Beograd), 1979, p.15 (»Blagoje Ristovski, Prilep), 16 (A)*, 20*.