The (Galician) gaita or gaita de foles is a traditional bagpipe used in Galicia, and Portugal.
The name gaita is used in Galician, Spanish, Leonese and Portuguese as a generic term for "bagpipe".
Just like "Northumbrian smallpipe"' or "Great Highland Bagpipe", each country and region attributes its toponym to the respective gaita name: gaita galega (Galicia), gaita transmontana (Trás-os-Montes), gaita asturiana (Asturias), gaita sanabresa (Sanabria), sac de gemecs (Catalonia), gaita de boto or gaita aragonesa (Aragón), etc. Most of them have a conical chanter with a partial second octave, obtained by overblowing, in the same way as e.g. the Eastern European gaida. Folk groups playing these instruments have become popular in recent years, and pipe bands for some models.In Bulgarian the same instrument is called GAIDA. Maybe the Wisigeths are the link between both sides!
It is possible that the name originates with the ghaita (also spelled rhaita in Morocco and algaita in Niger) a North African oboe similar to the zurna whose name derives from an Arabic word meaning "farm,", and/or the Eastern European bagpipes bearing similar names, such as gaida, gajda, and gajdy, but the linguistic relationship, if any, between these instruments is still unclear.
The word gaita might also be derived, according to Joan Corominas, from a Gothic root meaning goat (gait or gata), as the bag is a whole, case-skinned goat hide; Gothic was spoken in Spain as late as the eighth century due to Visigothic invasions.
The Caledonian Hotel, Brechin
It wasn't our first night in Friockheim, but it was the first time we'd recorded it for the Angus Sessions - long overdue!
The Caledonian Hotel, Brechin
This episode sees a return to the world-famous Caledonian Hotel in Brechin.
Just watch you don't turn up on a weekday afternoon when there's a funeral party in!!
Chapter & Verse, Forfar
A WILD sessions with Aff the Cuff in The Stag in Arbroath..............
Podcast Summary
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Podcasting in .m4a format, Angus Sessions represents some of the best folk and traditional music around in pubs in Angus, Scotland. The music draws on Scottish and Irish fiddle and pipe tunes and there's a good smattering of folk songs, both old and contemporary from across the world.
Sessions featured include: Aboukir Hotel, Carnoustie; Caledonian Hotel, Brechin; Clova Hotel, Glen Clova; and Three Bellies Brae Bar in Kirriemuir The podcast is live and raw, with minimal editing so as to best capture the feeling of a REAL session.
