Term

Slovakia

Bas (m)

Translation: bass

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

No identical types known (yet).

Part of Gajdy

Pitch: d; 750-1050 mm (3 pieces); Made of ash (Fraxinus) or yew (Taxus baccata).
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.

Synonym(s) (& alternative spellings)

Huk

Parts

Dolaďovacia trubka

Sources

Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile].

Elschek, Oskár: Die Volksmusikinstrumente der Tschechoslowakei, 2 (Handbuch der europ. Volksmusikinstr. 1/2;2 [Slowakei]). Leipzig, 1983, p.204.