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Trumbetë (f)

(with) definite article: Trumbeta
plural: Trumbeta; (with) definite article: Trumbetat
(the) trumpet(s)

double chanter, not linked

Identical types: 6
Karramunxë

Albanian term for each of the chanters of the "Arbëresh" (Italo-Albanian) Karramunxë; The left pipe (Trumbeta e majtë) has 5 fingerholes, the right one (Trumbeta e djathtë) only 4.

Sources

Sokoli, Ramadan & Miso, Pirro: Veglat muzikore të popullit shqiptar ([Musical instruments of the Albanian people]). Tiranë, 1991, p.124-125.