- published: 17 Nov 2015
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The gaida (bagpipe) is a musical instrument, aerophone, using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag.
The gaida, and its variations, is a traditional musical instrument for entire Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East.
The several variations of gaida are in: Albania (Gajde) Czech Republic (bock), Romania (cimpoi), Croatia (diple and surle), Hungary (duda), Slovenia (dude), Poland (duda, gaidu and koza), Russia (mih, sahrb, volinka and shapar), Turkey (tulum and gayda), Serbia (gajde, diple and zurle), Republic of Macedonia (gajda), Greece (tsampouna, askompandoura, gaida and pipiza), Slovakia (gaidu), Bulgaria (gaida), Spain (gaita and cheremia), Georgia (guda, tulum, zimbona, dankiyo, gudastviri and sivir) Ukraine (volinka) Italy (zambogna, piva, müsa and baghèt), Armenia (parkapzuk), Azerbaijan (tuluk), Egypt (zukra and mezued), Iran (نیانبان ney-anbān) Sweden (säckpipa), United Kingdom (Great Highland bagpipe, Northumbrian smallpipe, border pipe, Scottish smallpipe, Cornish bagpipe, Welsh pipe, pastoral pipe, English pipe, Zetland pipe), Portugal (gaita), Malta (zaqq and qrajna), Bahrain (jirda), Kuwait (habban), Libya (zokra), Tunisia (mizwad), Algeria (Ghaida), Finland (säkkipilli), Estonia (torupill), Latvia (dudas), Lithuania (labanoro Dūda), Ireland (Uilleann pipe, Great Irish warpipe, Brian Boru bagpire and pastoral pipe), France (musette de cour, biniou, veuze, cabrette, chabretee, bodega, boha, cornemuse du Centre, chabrette poitevine, caramusa, musette bechonnet, bousine and loure), The Netherlands (doedelzak and muchosa), Germany (dudelsack huemmelchen and dudy), Austria (bock), Switzerland (Schweizer sackpfeife).