Gajdošský kluč (m)
introduction to any melody, traditionally used as tuning check
Wallachia; Introduction to any melody, traditionally used as tuning check; Example (in D major) taken from Vranecký (1963), p.61, as played by Pavel Zogata.
a¹ (♩) -b¹-a¹ (appoggiatura)- g¹-f♯¹-e¹ (triplet) -d¹ (♩ with fermata); A bagpiper usually "composes" his own, though always similar, prelude.
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.
Ország-Vranecký, Joža: A měl jsem já písčalenku…: o lidových hudebních nástrojích, dětskích hříčkách a hrách na moravském Valašsku [And I had a small whistle…: about folk musical instruments, children’s plays on words, and games in Moravian Wallachia]. Ostrava, 1963, p.55-61.