Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/1539
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	gaita
Subject
	421.221.12
Contributor
	Gaelyn Hutchinson
Date
	2011
Type
	Costeño
Format
	36.25 in. total length
33.5 in. length of tube 
3.75 in. length of head 
0.75 in. length of mouthpiece
1 in. external diameter of tube 
0.5 in. bore diameter

Identifier
	3595
	3596
Source
	South America
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Colombia
Alternative Title
	gaita macho
	gaita hembra
	carrizos
	kuizis
Medium
	cactus
	beeswax
	quill - bird feather
Requires
	1 for each gaita
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Americas
Provenance
	Karin Stein gift
Air cavity design for aerophones
	tubular - cylindrical with open distal end
Source and direction of airstream
	player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional
Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones
	beveled edge in wall of instrument, indirectly blown against with aid of duct
Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones
	opening fingerholes to reduce space or shorten length of standing wave in air cavity
Overblowing utilization in aerophones
	overblowing at consecutive partials
Pitch production in aerophones
	multiple pitches - changing length of standing wave within cavity with fingerholes and by selecting partials through overblowing
Category of Instrument
	aerophone

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