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Fluier "bulgăresc" (n)

(with) definite article: Fluierul "bulgăresc"
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Literally: (the) "Bulgarian" flute (or whistle); Term (nickname) for a Cimpoi chanter with 7 fingerholes + a thumbhole (i.e. similar to the common Bulgarian Gajdunica); Oddly, Baines misinterprets this, suggesting that "the [entire] instrument is sometimes termed Bulgarian" (➺ p.85), which is probably the reason why "Its affinities are not at all clear" to him; The context in which he repeats the adjective (➺ p.87) increases the confusion, easily leading to be misinterpreted as a nonexistent Wallachian Cimpoi with a 2nd (very small) drone, which is, moreover, ignorantly misinterpreted by Marcuse, who, in turn, completely erroneously claims that the Macedonian Gajda with a Slagarče is sometimes called "Bulgarian" (which, consequently, can be dismissed as utter nonsense); NB¹: ➺ Cimpoi "bulgăresc"; NB²: ➺ similar terms.


Sources

Baines, Anthony: Bagpipes [1960]. Oxford, 1973 (revised), p.85, 87.

Habenicht, Gottfried: Die rumänischen Sackpfeifen. In: Jb. f. Volksliedforschung, 19. Jahrgang (Freiburg im Breisgau, 1974), p.125.

Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975, [➺ Gaida, 1].

Alexandru, Tiberiu: Instrumentele muzicale ale poporului român. Bucureşti, 2014 (Reprint of Instrumentele muzicale ale poporului romîn, Bucureşti, 1956), p.81 (fluier tipul muntenesc, numit uneori "bulgăresc" [the flute (or whistle) type of Muntenia, often called "Bulgarian"]; NB: NOT as such in index (Materii) !).