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Čurka (f)

original: чурка

?

stock for the chanter(s)

Identical types: 26
Gajda

Chanter stock; Banat region; NB: Jakovljević confusingly interprets this term as a synonym of Glavina, which is actually incorrect, because čurka should not be used as a general term for "all" stocks (➺ Člen).

Sources

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

Jakovljević, Rastko Stevan: Marginality and cultural identities: Locating the bagpipe music of Serbia. Durham, 2012, p.289* (»Vukosavljević).

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.47 (E)*, 48 (»Mirko Francuski, Kikinda).