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Some Vocabulary

Some people abroad have asked to make a small vocabulary English-Galician with the names of the pieces of a bagpipe, in order to be able to order a bagpipe, or pieces of it. Since it is intended to be mainly English $\longrightarrow$ Galician, the terms are sorted by the English words.

Bag
Fol.
Bagpipe
Gaita.
Bass drone
Roncón.
Blowpipe
Soprete.
Boxwood, grenadillo, violet wood
Buxo, granadillo, pau violeta.
Chanter reed
Palleta.
Chanter
Punteiro.
Dress
Vestido.
Drone reed
Pallón.
Goat skin
Pel de cabrito.
Gold
Ouro.
High drone
Ronquilla.
Horn
Asta.
Ivory
Marfil.
Leather
Coiro.
Mouthtip
Boquilla.
Petent leather
Coiro acharolado.
Silver
Prata.
Stock
Buxa.
Tenor drone
Ronqueta.
Tuned in G - G# - A-Bb-B-C-C#-D-Eb-E-F
Afinada en Sol - Sol sostido - La - Si bemol - Do - Do sostido - Re - Mi bemol - Mi - Fa.



MCL
2001-07-13