Gaida

Gaida [Turk. *ghaida], 1. bagpipe of Bulgaria and Macedonia, mouth-blown, with sheepskin bag. The single cylindrical chanter terminates in a small, angular cow-horn bell, has 7 front fingerholes, a rear thumbhole, and a single beating reed. Its bass drone is horn-mounted and pitched 2 octs. below the chanter's keynote. Some Macedonian specimens have in addition a small treble drone pitched a 12th or 2 octs. above the bass drone. This type is sometimes called the “Bulgarian” bagpipe. In Bulgaria…