Too much YouTube?

[writingchick]

Seems like all I do is post YouTube videos here... but really, check this out: Some guy playing Jimi Hendrix on a gajda. Damn.

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Artist unknown. But definitely one of the best gajda players I've seen!

Comments

[missourimarmot]

good gajda almighty!!

so which came first, the gajda or the bagpipes?

[writingchick]

Whaddya mean? The gajda *is* a bagpipe... do you mean which country developed theirs first? I dunno. Don't they all come from China? :-)

'scuse me, while i kiss the sky

[missourimarmot]

oops...guess my ethnocentrism is showing... :-)

what i had known until today as a "bagpipe," though, seemed to require constant air from the player's mouth...thereby rendering impossible the lyrics to Purple Haze from the player. i assumed this put the gajda into another class of instrument altogether... ;-)

Re: 'scuse me, while i kiss the sky

[writingchick]

Hmmm... I know of no such bagpipe. I thought the whole point of a bagpipe is to blow into the bag, then squeeze the bag continuously while the player takes a break... you can even look it up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagpipe#Air_supply

We'll discuss double-reeds next... :-)