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Gaita galega (f)

(with) definite article: a

Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 3 stocks (a: single chanter / b: 2 drones in 2 stocks)

Identical types: 16
Gaita galega

Traditionally with a Chión (high drone) as a 2nd drone, nowadays usually with a Ronqueta (medium drone), instead; NB: ➺ homonyms, and compare Gaida, Gajda and similar terms.

Sources

Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile].

Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.36.

Personal communication

Leandro Bellón García (Rotterdam, Oct. 2001).