Parts That Make Up The Instrument - Seivane Manual De Instrucciones

Parts that make up the Instrument

The gaita consists of the following parts (depending on configuration):
Bag
It is the essential part of the gaita that characterises it and differen-
tiates it the most. It performs the task of storing air that enters
through the blowpipe and it distributes it to the sound components
–chanter, bass drone, tenor drone and high drone– with a pressure
that is controlled by the buxo's arm. Good tuning and tempering
depend, to a large degree, on this pressure.
Traditionally it was made from goat's skin, but, for years now,
Gore-Tex® Bag
cow's skin is also used or, more recently, Gore-Tex®.
Stoks
These are the parts that join the sound components and the blowpipe with the bag, to which they are firm-
ly tied and through which air flows in or out.
Chanter
This is the part of the gaita that produces the melody. It has a conical interior –unique to Atlantic bag-
pipes– with eight melodic holes and three more known as 'sonar ears'. Its source of sound is a double
plate reed, similar to those in the fagot, which produces a strong sound full of harmonics.
A small thread at the base of the reed, allows it to be well secured and avoids it falling into the bag. In
order to fit the reed, turn it to the right and to remove it, turn it to the left.
If you have Seitor, a chanter that incorporates a new system of tonal regulation, you will be able to correct
eventual tonal variance, without having to remove the chanter from the gaita.
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