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Gajda (f)

(with) definite article: Gajdata

original: гайда(та)

Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 4 stocks (a: single chanter / b: 3 drones in 3 stocks)

Identical types: 13

Instrument with 3 drones; Only 1 specimen and player known; Possibly an invention after the Scottish Highland pipes; NB¹: ➺ homonyms, &c. (incl. Gaida and Gaita).

All 3 drones, consisting of 3 pieces each, pitched unisono (c¹); NB²: The range of its Gajdunica is: c¹-d¹-e¹-f¹-g¹-a♭¹-a¹-b♭¹-b¹-c²-d².
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.

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Sources

Тодоров, Манол [Todorov, Manol]: Български народни музикални инструменти: органография (Bulgarian folk instruments [organography]). София [Sofija], 1973, p.74.

Атанасов, Вергилий [Atanasov, Vergilij]: Систематика на българските народни музикални инструменти (Systematik der bulgarischen Volksmusikinstrumente). София [Sofija], 1977, p.146-147.