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Gaita redonda (f)

(with) definite article: a

names of bagpipes (&c.) in connection with their pitch only

Identical types: 43
Gaita galega

Term for a Gaita galega in C major, also called Gaita normal; NB¹: Interestingly, as a noun, "redonda" is the Spanish term for a "semibreve" (whole note [i.e. 4 x ♩]); As an adjective it means "of circular or spherical shape"; NB²: ➺ Asturias; NB³: ➺ homonyms, and compare Gaida, Gajda and similar terms.

Gaita normal

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.

Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.372, 375.

Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975 (»Donostia/Tomás).

Podnos, Theodor H.: Bagpipes and tunings. Detroit, 1974, p.31 (»Donostia/Tomás; »Oliveira [?]).