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Punteiro (m)

(with) definite article: o

single chanter: conical, straight, no bell / double reed

Identical types: 28
Gaita galega

Made in E (d♯4-a5), D, C♯ ("Do sostenido"), C+ ("Do brillante", a slightly sharp C), C, B, B♭, A, A♭, G, F, and E♭ (d³-a♭4), all having the same scope, in harmony with their particular pitch; NB: ➺ homonyms, &c.

Gaita grileira: D (c♯4-g5): 310 mm; ~ redonda: C (b³-f5): 340 mm; ~ tumbal: B♭ (a³-e♭5): 370 mm; Open fingering system.
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.

Ponteira


Sources

Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.36.

Foxo, Xosé Lois: Os segredos da gaita [1982]. Ourense [Orense], s.a. [1985 (2)], p.26.

García-Oliva Mascarós, Alfonso: Museo de la Gaita: catálogo de las cornemusas del Museo de la Gaita de Gijón. Gijón, s.a. [1992], p.163-164.

Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.372.