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Chillón (m)

(with) definite article: el
(the) shrieking / shrill [?]

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

Identical types: 4
Exceptionally high drone

Originally the only 2nd drone of a Gaita, now the 3rd, or replaced by a Ronqueta; NB: ➺ Chión and Gaita chillona.

Sources

Foxo, Xosé Lois: Os segredos da gaita [1982]. Ourense [Orense], s.a. [1985 (2)], p.25.

Estévez Vila, Xaime: A gaita no eido da música [The [Galician] bagpipe in the field of music]. Vigo, 1987, p.25.