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Brǎčilo (n)

(with) definite article: Brǎčiloto

original: бръчило(то)

➺ remark(s) below

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

Identical types: 9
Kaba gajda

From бръмча (brǎmčà [to buzz / drone / hum]); Inclined, lateral, or pendulous (NB: ➺ Drone positions); Sounding 2 octaves below the 5th of the chanter, it produces the tonic of the melody.

Pitch, according to Todorov and Kaufman: G; According to Atanassov: E, F, or F♯.
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.

Brǎmčilo, Bramschilo, Bručilo, Burčilo


Sources

Тодоров, Манол [Todorov, Manol]: Български народни музикални инструменти: органография (Bulgarian folk instruments [organography]). София [Sofija], 1973, p.80.

Le Gonidec, Marie-Barbara: La cornemuse bulgare. In: Pastel 30 (Toulouse, 1996), ➺ p.25.