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Copa (f)

(with) definite article: la
(the) goblet [probably after the shape of its bell]

3rd piece of a larger composed drone, remotest from the stock

Identical types: 15
Upper tuning (3rd) piece

Upper tuning piece of the drone, with bell (which is also called Copa); NB: ➺ homonyms.

Sources

Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile], p.150b (➺ Gaita gallega).

García-Oliva Mascarós, Alfonso: Museo de la Gaita: catálogo de las cornemusas del Museo de la Gaita de Gijón. Gijón, s.a. [1992], p.18, 162.

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

Dictionaries, &c.

Castro Macía, Luís: Diccionario Xerais Galego-Castelán || Castellano-Gallego. Vigo, 2001