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Gaita galega (f)

(with) definite article: a
plural: Gaitas galegas; (with) definite article: as
~ of Galicia

Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 2 stocks (a: single chanter / b: drone)

Identical types: 61

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).

Gaita galhega, Gaita gallega, Gaita gallegada, Gaitiña

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Wikipedia [Text in Galego (Galician), &c.].