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Gajda (f)

original: гайда

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

Identical types: 59

From Arabic غيدا (ghaidā [gentle]) ?; Ruthenian; NB: ➺ homonyms, &c. (incl. Gaida and Gaita).

Gaida, Gojdyća

·? (drone [Term not mentioned in available sources])

Sources

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