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Musical instruments
Gaita (bagpipe), various types of bagpipes common to northern Spain and Portugal:
Gaita asturiana, a bagpipe used in the Spanish provinces of Asturias, northern León and western Cantabria
Galician gaita, or gaita de foles, a bagpipe used in the Spanish provinces of Galicia, León, western Zamora, and in Trás-os-Montes, Portugal
Gaita alistana, a bagpipe used in Aliste, Zamora, north-western Spain.
Gaita cabreiresa, or gaita llionesa ("Leonese gaita"), an extinct but revived pipe native to León.
Gaita de boto, a bagpipe native to Aragon, distinctive for its tenor drone running parallel to the chanter
Gaita de saco, or gaita de bota, a bagpipe native to Soria, La Rioja, Álava, and Burgos in north-central Spain. Possibly the same as the lost gaita de fuelle of Old Castile.
Gaita sanabresa, a bagpipe played in Puebla de Sanabria, in the Zamora province of western Spain
Gaita transmontana, also known as gaita-de-fole transmontana or gaita mirandesa ("Mirandese gaita"), a bagpipe native to the Trás-os-Montes region of Portugal
Gaita gastoreña, a hornpipe musical instrument native to El Gastor, Andalusia
Gaita navarra, a flute named after the Navarre region of Spain
Colombian gaita (gaita colombiana), the Spanish name for kuisi, fipple flutes native to Colombia and parts of Panama
Accordion, referred to as gaita in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do sul.
Music
Gaïta, an early music ensemble
Gaita Zuliana, a Venezuelan musical genre
People
Raimond Gaita (born 1946), Australian philosopher and writer
Look up gaita in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gaita may refer to: Musical instruments Gaita (bagpipe), various types of bagpipes common to northern...
The Galician gaita (Galician: Gaita galega, Portuguese: Gaita galega, Spanish: Gaita gallega) is the traditional instrument of Galicia and northern Portugal...
Raimond Gaita (born Raimund Gaita; 14 May 1946) is a German-born Australian philosopher and award-winning writer. He was, until 2011, foundation professor...
Gaita zuliana (often simply called "gaita") is a style of Venezuelan folk music (and dance) from Maracaibo, Zulia State. Dating as far back as the 1800s...
The gaita narvarra is a double reeded flute-like folk instrument originating from Navarra, Spain. The gaita narvarra is very similar to the Spanish folk...
Gaita alistana: played in Aliste, Zamora, north-western Spain. Gaita asturiana: native to Asturias, north-western Spain. Very similar to the gaita galega...
The gaita de foles mirandesa is a type of bagpipe native to the Trás-os-Montes region of Portugal. The most ancient records of this Aroephonde de monica...
The gaita asturiana is a type of bagpipe native to the autonomous communities of Principality of Asturias and Cantabria on the northern coast of Spain...
Edu da Gaita (lit. Edu of the Harmonica, born Eduardo Nadruz in Jaguarão on October 13, 1916 - Rio de Janeiro on August 23, 1982) was a Brazilian composer...
situation similar to that of the Asturian gaita, the Galician gaita, the Portuguese gaita transmontana, the Aragonese gaita de boto, Northumbrian smallpipes,...
The gaita de boto is a type of bagpipe native to the Aragon region of northern Spain. Its use and construction were nearly extinct by the 1970s, when...
The gaita sanabresa is a type of bagpipe native to Sanabria, a comarca of the province of Zamora in northwestern Spain. The gaita sanabresa features a...
The gaita cabreiresa (or gaita llionesa (lhionesa)) was a type of bagpipe native to the comarca of La Cabreira, in the Spanish province of León. The instrument...
the 1970s. Famous gaita groups include Maracaibo 15, Gran Coquivacoa, Barrio Obrero, Cardenales del Éxito, Koquimba, Melody Gaita, Guaco, Estrellas del...
kuisi (or gaita, the Spanish for pipe). The female kuisi bunsi (also rendered kuisi abundjí in Spanish) is also commonly known as a gaita hembra in Spanish...
The gaita de saco (or de bota) is a type of bagpipe native to the provinces of Soria, La Rioja, Álava, and Burgos in north-central Spain. In the past...
and Gaita Zuliana singer and composer. He is known as "El Monumental de la Gaita" (The Monumental Artist of the Gaita genre) and "El Padre de la Gaita" (The...
has deep roots in local customs, utilising instruments such as bagpipes (gaita), drums, flutes, tambourines, accordions and ukuleles (cavaquinho). Within...
Colombian music blends European-influenced guitar and song structure with large gaita flutes and percussion instruments from the indigenous population, while...
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