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Page 7 of 30 illustrating the pipes heard on Bagpipes of the World |
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Poland ~ Silesia
One of several Polish bagpipes on these pages, the Gajdy is superficially quite similar to the Bohemian Bock (pipe #1).
The low A (the botom note) on the chanter can be sounded between the melody notes throughout a tune; the ear will percieve this as though another drone were present. This technique, known by the French word picotage, adds considerable character to the music and can be employed on a number of eastern and western bagpipes, including several in this collection.
| The scales and key signatures given may be regarded as approximations; bagpipes may deviate from conventional standards in absolute and relative pitch. |
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The Silisian Gajdy (pronounced guy'-dee) being played by Sean Folsom |
| Another carved goat's head serving as a chanter stock. |  |
Many Eastern European bagpipes employ carved goat's-heads as chanter stocks. |
| The chanter bell, made of carved wood rather than the cow horn more commonly found on this general sort of bagpipe. |  |
Note the little key near the bottom of the chanter main bore; this allows the lowest (bell) note of the chanter to be tuned. |
| A section of the drone, showing the poured-inlay of pewter-like metal. This is applied before the final lathe turning of the parts; the wood and metal are then finished together. |  |
The inlay is somewhat crude on this pipe; sometimes this same technique can be seen very finely and intricately done, notably on certain French bagpipes. |
| A view of the bellows oulet, showing the leather flap-valve that keeps air from the bag from re-entering the bellows. |  |
Valves of this sort are a nearly universal feature of both bellows and blowpipes. |
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