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Gaita tumbal (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 B♭ major; According to Sachs with 2 drones; The number of drones is, however, not decisive for its pitch and, accordingly, its name; NB¹: ➺ Asturias.
NB²: ➺ homonyms, and compare Gaida, Gajda and similar terms.

Gaita roncadora, Gaita roucadora

Sources

Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile] (»Revista musical De Arana).

Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.38.

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 [?]).