Gajda (f)
(with) definite article: Gajdataoriginal: гајда(та)
Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 3 stocks (a: single chanter / b: 2 drones in 2 stocks)
With a 2nd (high) drone (➺ Slagarče); According to Marcuse sometimes called "Bulgarian" bagpipe, which is, however, an enigmatic and unfortunate misinterpretation of an erroneous statement in Baines (➺ Carabă bulgărească, Romania); NB¹: ➺ homonyms, &c. (incl. Gaida and Gaita); NB²: According to the English version in Vukosavljević, "it is not unusual for pipers at Probištip [E of Skopje] to sing with the accompaniment of bag-and-drone [sic] pipes" [NB³: Literal translation of the Serbian text: "In Probištip a piper also often manages to sing while he accompanies himself on the bagpipe; ws].
Џимревски, Боривоје [Džimrevski, Borivoje]: Гајдата во Македонија: инструмент - инструменталист - музика ([The bagpipe in Macedonia]). Скопје [Skopje], 1996, p.95.
Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975 ([➺ Gaida, 1]: »Baines [?; ➺ p.87]).
Вукосављевић, Петар Д. (Vukosavljević, Petar D.): Гајде у Србији – њихова сазвучја и могућност уклапања у савремени народни оркестар = Bag – and – drone pipes in Serbia: their chording and compatibility with a modern folk music orchestra. Београд (Beograd), 1979, p.38.
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