Manca (f)
(with) definite article: laright hand chanter of a non-linked double chanter: conical, divergent, bell / double reed
Left hand chanter; In central Latium it is 1 octave lower than the Ritta (right hand chanter); It is used to play a rhythmic-harmonic accompaniment to the melody of the Ritta, by the alternation of cadences and melodic counterpoint.
2 pieces (chanter of olive (Olea europæa), screwed into a bell of cherry (Prunus avium)); Sparagna gives, though unfortunately not in staff-notation, the range of a 25 in A♭ of central Latium: a♭-b♭-c¹-d♭¹-e♭¹; Range of a "30 normale", according to Ricci: f-g-a-b♭-c¹: ca.710 mm; Leydi (1989) mentions the ranges of both chanters combined (i.e. 17 (E♭): e♭¹ ➺ b♭², 20 (C): c¹ ➺ g², 23 (B♭): b♭ ➺ f², 25 (A♭): a♭ ➺ e♭², 28 (G): g ➺ d², 30 (F): f ➺ c²), 25 bassa (A♭): A♭ ➺ e♭¹, and 28 bassa (G): G ➺ d¹), showing the range of the left-hand chanter of the 20 (c¹-d¹-e¹-f¹-g¹) as an example.
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.
Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.130 (type only, no name).
Leydi, Roberto: Typological outlines of the Italian bagpipes. In: SIMP IX (Stockholm, 1989), p.117 (ranges only, no name).
Sparagna, Ambrogio: Zampogne, presepi e musica paraliturgica nel Lazio meridionale. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), I, p.103, 105.
Ricci, Antonello: Musicisti e zampogne del Lazio meridionale. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), I, p.134-136.