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Femmina (f)

(with) definite article: la
(the) female

right hand chanter of a non-linked double chanter: conical, divergent, bell / double reed

Identical types: 9
Zampogna

2 pieces: Fuso, screwed into a bell of the half-closed vezzanese type (➺ Wood types used); Leydi (➺ SIMP) shows the range of the right-hand chanter of the 2½ (b¹-c²-d²-e²-f²-g² as an example (See my remark to the details of the Maschio (left-hand chanter)); According to Scaldaferri, "The range of the instruments of the old pipers of Terranova di Pollino was slightly different (low e¹, f¹-g¹-a¹, high b♭¹, b¹-c²)", adding that "The bore of both chanters is usually conical".
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.

Canto, Destra, Djathta [e]

Femmina


Sources

Leydi, Roberto: Typological outlines of the Italian bagpipes. In: SIMP IX (Stockholm, 1989), p.117/* (ranges only, no term).

Scaldaferri, Nicola: La zampogna in Basilicata. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), II, p.59, 62, 64 (ex.1), 66 (ex.5).