REPUBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELATHE

ZULIAN GAITA:

Started as the rhythm of a region and today cheers across Venezuela with its Christmas
product of the cultural mix.

There are many hypotheses which are managed with respect to the emergence of the gaita
zuliana. For some is the product of the African legacy, for others of the Spanish with the
indigenous. But perhaps most successful would be to say that bagpipe is only one expression
of the mixture of different cultures who sought to celebrate, describe or denounce a way of life.
In fact, many of the instruments used have their legacy in several regions of the world
geography. For example, the zambomba, Spanish instrument used since the times of the
colony, is the father of the furro Piper; the use of drums makes it clear the Negroid influence on
this rate and the maracas, the indigenous.
What is clear, however, is that this name has nothing to do with the iconic Scottish instrument
but with a musical tradition that existed in the Galician, Asturian, and Basque provinces of
Spain.
This consisted of a set full of joy who gathered around the Galician bagpipe carrying tip or the
start-up of the ditties.
Afterwards, this demonstration entered zulianas lands, where was versioned with the Cadence
of Latin America, suffered changes and evolutions, which depended on both the historical
moment and the budget of the performers, so finally I could talk of a new genre.

Today, has established a classification of the types of gaita zuliana throughout history
and they are presented below:

-Folk gaita (disappeared)

-Modernized traditional bagpipe
-Popular bagpipe
-Romantic gaita
-Other aspects
The theme that the performers of this genre handle is infinite and goes from songs to love and
religious figures to humorous topics and complaint.
In recent years, the political element has been protagonist of many subjects; in this way, the

bagpipers have denounced, in particular, what they see as injustices committed against the
inhabitants of the country.

Traditional pipers instruments

the furro:

It is a membranophone of indirect hit. It is the leading instrument in the interpretation of the

bagpipes and is a descendant of the Spanish zambomba. It is a kind of drum made with
leather of animals with a PIN located in the center of leather and tied strongly on the inside of
the furro. It fits the "verada" lineage of flower of grass very lightweight, with a typical thickness
and a length ranging from 0.80 to 1.20 meters.

Maracas:
Instruments accompanying par excellence, present in almost all the groups music and folklore
from Venezuela. It is one of the oldest instruments which man has been able to use. It is an
idiophone of indirect blow made with the fruit of the tree popularly called "Taparo".

The four:
This string instrument is used in folk and popular in the whole country rhythms. The cuatro is
the leading musical instrument in the interpretation of the gaita zuliana. It is a kind of small
four-string guitar, brought by the Spanish America and Spain by the Arabs.

The Charrasca:
It is an idiophone of rubbing companion, is without a doubt a change or transformation of the
original instrument indigenous to another of similar shape and characteristics and achieving a
more consistent and long-lasting instrument with that change and with a metallic sound happy
and sound. They are currently manufactured in stainless steel and its size is up to 40
centimeters in length and two inches in diameter.

The Tambora:
It is a membranophone of direct action and recent inclusion as a basic tool in the interpretation
of the bagpipe. Before 1960, its use was sporadic.
Performer tambora Piper, carried out with two round sticks of hard wood, a fast touch synced in
the area of the leather of the instrument and in the wooden ring, so you get an attractive

combination of stimulant and cordial effect sound.

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