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Ronqueta (f)

(with) definite article: a

medium drone, adjustable: cylindrical, straight, no bell, cavity / single reed

Identical types: 4
Gaita-de-foles

Diminutive of Ronca; Optional medium (2nd) drone (with a single reed); Lateral, resting on the right fore-arm; Not common to all Gaitas-de-foles, it may even have a wooden tap to mute it, in case the piper doesn't want to use it; NB: ➺ Galicia (Spain).

Its pitch is an octave below that of the Ponteira.

Sources

Gaita de foles, caderno 1. Palmela, s.a. [ca. 2022], p.19.

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