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Gaita (bagpipe) Northern Europe Ireland *Uilleann pipes: Also known as Union pipes and Irish pipes, depending on era. Bellows-blown bagpipe with keyed or un-keyed 2-octave chanter, 3 drones and 3 regulators. The most common type of bagpipes in Irish traditional ...

, various types of bagpipes common to northern Spain and Portugal: **

Gaita asturiana The ''gaita asturiana'' is a type of bagpipe native to the autonomous communities of Principality of Asturias on the northern coast of Spain. Differences from other Iberian gaitas *The ''gaita asturiana'' is of larger size than the ''Galician ...

, a bagpipe used in the Spanish provinces of Asturias, northern León and western Cantabria **

Galician gaita The Galician gaita ( gl, Gaita galega, pt, Gaita galega, es, Gaita gallega) is the traditional instrument of Galicia and northern Portugal. The word is used across northern Spain as a generic term for "bagpipe", although in the south of Spain ...

, or ''gaita de foles'', a bagpipe used in the Spanish provinces of Galicia, León, western Zamora, and in Trás-os-Montes, Portugal **''

Gaita alistana Gaita may refer to: 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 ga ...

'', 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 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 a revival of folk music began. Today there are various ''gaita'' builders, various schools ...

'', a bagpipe native to Aragon, distinctive for its tenor drone running parallel to the chanter **''

Gaita de saco 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, it may also have been played in Segovia and Ávila. It consists of a single chanter ...

'', 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 The ''gaita sanabresa'' is a type of bagpipe native to Sanabria, a ''comarca'' of the province of Zamora in northwestern Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , nat ...

'', a bagpipe played in Puebla de Sanabria, in the Zamora province of western Spain **''

Gaita transmontana The gaita transmontana or gaita de foles mirandesa is a type of bagpipe native to the Trás-os-Montes region of Portugal. History The most ancient records of this instrument date from the 18th century, mostly written. Its culture has been pas ...

'', 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 The gaita gastoreña is a type of hornpipe native to El Gastor, a region of Andalucia, Spain. It consists of a simple reed, a wooden tube in its upper part, and a resonating bell of horn in its lower part. Such instruments are only found outsi ...

'', a hornpipe musical instrument native to El Gastor, Andalusia *''

Gaita navarra 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 instrument known as the dulzaina. Both are variants of shawms, from Spain. The reeds of th ...

'', 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 Music * Gaïta, an early music ensemble *

Gaita Zuliana Gaita zuliana (often simply called "gaita") is a style of Venezuelan folk music (and dance) from Maracaibo, Zulia State. According to Joan Coromines, it may come from the word "''gaits''," the Gothic word for "goat", which is the skin generally us ...

, a Venezuelan musical genre People *

Raimond Gaita Raimond Gaita (born Raimund Gaita; 14 May 1946) is a German-born Australian philosopher and award-winning writer. He was, until 2011, foundation professor of philosophy at the Australian Catholic University and professor of moral philosophy at ...

(born 1946), Australian philosopher and writer

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