Gaita galega (f)
(with) definite article: aBagpipe, mouth-blown: 2 stocks (a: single chanter / b: drone)
Generic term for all Galician types; This is the simplest type; NB¹: All terminology is given in Galician, even though Castilian words are often used by Galician pipers as well.
NB²: ➺ remarks (NB²) to Asoplador (Zamora); NB³: ➺ Gaita asturiana; NB4: ➺ homonyms, and compare Gaida, Gajda and similar terms; NB5: ➺ Cornamusa (Catalonia).
Various tunings, 3 of which have a particular name: Gaita grileira (in D), ~ redonda or ~ normal (in C), and ~ tumbal or ~ roncadora (in B♭); NB¹ (technique): dixitación (➺ Digitación), dixitación "aberto" (➺ [digitación] Abierta, dixitación "fechada" (➺ [digitación] Cerrada) and "Picado" (➺ Picado; NB²: Compare Pechado).
Buxa, Chión, Copa, Fol, Funda, Galleto, Palleta, Pallón, Punteiro, Ronco / Roncón, Ronqueta, Soprete
Do brillante, Gaita de barquín, Gaita galega, Gaita galega, Gaita grileira, Gaita grilleira, Gaita grillera, Gaita redonda, Gaita tumbal
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