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Mankosedda (f)

(with) definite article: sa
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actual chanter of a double chanter

Identical types: 10

Diminutive of Mankosa; The right hand chanter (including the reed), played divergently from the Kroba.

Made of cane [Arundo donax?]; The material, called "Kanna masku" [male cane], has large intervals between the joints and a very thick wall; The two sections nearest its root are the best part of a plant.

Destrina, Mancina, Mancosedda, Mankozedda


Sources

Weis Bentzon, Andreas Fridolin: The launeddas: a Sardinian folk music instrument. Copenhagen, 1969, p.14, 15, 144 (note 3).