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Basso grave (m)

(with) definite article: il
(the) low (-pitched) bass
Bordòn

From Antonio Morri, »Vocabolario Romagnolo-Italiano« (Faenza, 1840), in which it is described as "one of the 2 playing pipes", thus suggesting that it is a term used for the active drone (NB: Compare Basso minore).

Sources

Utriculus 3;2 (10), aprile-giugno 1994, Miscellanea zampognara, p.13: “La «Piva-da-Sacch»” (»Morri, p.590).

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Google books (Morri [Find piva: ➺ p.590]).