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Bordó (m)

(with) definite article: el
plural: Bordons; (with) definite article: els
(the) drone

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

No identical types known (yet).
Xeremies

Term for each of the 3 sounding drones (1 bass, 2 tenor); All pendulous, and united in 1 stock (Braguer); NB: ➺ homonyms.

Usual pitch combinations of 3 drones are: c+g+e¹, c+g+c¹, c+c¹+g¹, or c+e¹+g¹.
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.

Sources

Morey, Joan & Artigues, Antoni: Repertori i construcció dels instruments de la colla de xeremiers catalans a Mallorca ([Repertoire and construction of the instruments of the Catalonian bagpipe band in Majorca]). Pròleg [i] bibliografia: Joan Company i Florit. Palma [de Mallorca], 1989, p.41, 43.