Gayda

Gayda [Turk. *ghaida], bagpipe of Bulgaria, mouth-blown, with sheepskin bag. A cowhorn forms the chanter stock; wooden stocks for drone and blowpipe are inserted into the forelegs. The chanter is conical with single reed, 6 fingerholes, and a rear thumbhole. The drone is 43 cm. (17 in.) long and has 2 tuning slides furnished with single reeds. The term is also used in Greece (89, 144). Sort by:DefaultTitleDateAscendingDescending Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th edition. London…