List of Bagpipes

List Of Bagpipes

Gaita is a generic term for "bagpipe" in Castilian (Spanish), Portuguese, Basque, Asturian-Leonese, Galician, Catalan and Aragonese, for distinct bagpipes used across the northern regions of Spain and Portugal and in the Balearic Islands. Just like "Northumbrian smallpipes" or "Great Highland bagpipes," each region attributes its toponym to the respective gaita name. Most of them have a conical chanter with a partial second octave, obtained by overblowing. Folk groups playing these instruments have become popular in recent years, and pipe bands have been formed in some traditions.

• Gaita alistana: played in Aliste, Zamora, north-western Spain.
• Gaita asturiana: native to Asturias, north-western Spain. Very similar to the gaita gallega but of heavier construction with an increased capability for octave jumps and chromatic notes.
• Gaita de boto: native to Aragon, distinctive for its tenor drone running parallel to the chanter.
• Gaita cabreiresa (or gaita llionesa): an extinct but revived pipe native to León.
• Galician gaita: traditional bagpipe used in Galicia, north-west Spain and the Minho river valley, northern Portugal.
• Gaita de saco: native to Soria, La Rioja, Álava, and Burgos in northwestern-central Spain. Possibly the same as the lost gaita de fuelle of Old Castile.
• Gaita sanabresa: played in Puebla de Sanabria, in the Zamora province of north-western Spain.
• Gaita transmontana (or gaita mirandesa): native to the Tras-os-Montes region, northern Portugal.
• Odrecillo: a small medieval bagpipe, with or without drones.
• Sac de gemecs: used in Catalonia (north-eastern Spain).
• Xeremia: played in the island of Majorca, often accompanying the flabiol and drum.