A kind of bagpipe played in northern Spain and Portugal.
西班牙风笛
Example sentencesExamples
Both of the gaitas are about 70 to 90 centimeters long.
The master of the gaita (the Galician version of the bagpipe), Nunez embraces a range of influences including the Celtic strains of Ireland, Scotland and Brittany.
The gaitas and maraca are of Cuna and Kogi indigenous origin in the Atlantic coast.
Accompaniment is provided by the bagpipe-like Galician national instrument, the gaita, which reflects the Celtic origins of the Galician people.
And, by the way, that pipes warning on Breakfast in Balquhidder was misleading since the whole album is full of them - Hispanic gaitas as well as Uilleann, Highland and Border pipes.
The current scale is tuned between the natural scale, congenital to the gaita and the tempered scale.
Most bagpipes are solo instruments, though some are also associated with marching bands, notably the Highland pipe and the Galician gaita.
Origin
Spanish and Portuguese.
Definition of gaita in US English:
gaita
nounˈɡīdə
A kind of bagpipe played in northern Spain and Portugal.
西班牙风笛
Example sentencesExamples
Accompaniment is provided by the bagpipe-like Galician national instrument, the gaita, which reflects the Celtic origins of the Galician people.
Most bagpipes are solo instruments, though some are also associated with marching bands, notably the Highland pipe and the Galician gaita.
Both of the gaitas are about 70 to 90 centimeters long.
The current scale is tuned between the natural scale, congenital to the gaita and the tempered scale.
The master of the gaita (the Galician version of the bagpipe), Nunez embraces a range of influences including the Celtic strains of Ireland, Scotland and Brittany.
The gaitas and maraca are of Cuna and Kogi indigenous origin in the Atlantic coast.
And, by the way, that pipes warning on Breakfast in Balquhidder was misleading since the whole album is full of them - Hispanic gaitas as well as Uilleann, Highland and Border pipes.