Bulgarian Kaba Gaida

[leshoqd88]

I love that guy,an Englishman playing our gaida,really awesome!!! Greating from Plovdiv buddy, "obichame te!" :)

[Brandmover]

Great tune an rhythm Cory, there are just few Bulgarians up here that can play it so good!

[hrodvi]

wow played with perfect rythm. by the way may I ask how you happened to be taught tunes in Bulgaria ? thanks a lot !

[66gadus]

LOVELY PIPERING!

[Vajzani666]

Very good playing!

[gaidarskipich]

Koia e taz suita?

mnogo hubava bravo!!!

[DmitryKrechet]

Сто год гэтаму слаўнаму гайдару!

[Slu4ainika]

You are doing really well because the Bulgarian Kaba Gaida is something really hard. Nice and greetings from Sofia :)

[21scuderia]

can you put a tutorial?

[zzheleva]

Cory, you're plaing the gaida like Bulgarian!

[myr940]

poli kalo!! great music my friend :))

[apologeticsman]

lol, I love the little fart at the end of the set, it was the pipes, not the man, lol I want a set, just like these, where can I get them?

[alexandrarale]

Very very good!!!

What's the title of this song? Do you know if I can find the notes somewhere?

[dragonenlibertad]

esta muy bonito en verdad saludos desde mexico espero que subas mas videos ...un favor puedes sacar tonadas un poco mas rapidas

[kokomarble]

Bravo! Kaba gaida

[arrow24s]

невероятно талантливо изпълнение..Господ здраведа ти дава,да ни радваш ояе дълги години с таланта си,приятелю...:)

[FallenStormborn]

Great job Cory!!! Respect!

[putzmeister1989]

scheiße ist das geil!!

This ist reaaally amazing, I'm trying to figure out the melody to practise this on my gajda...difficult!!

[dentalis]

you are awesome men... are you Bulgarian ? I was in Rodopa 1000 times,but i never heard something like this !!

[VictorBatchkarov]

Bravo

[insentientt]

Whoa amazing

[PiraTknockout]

bravo mn dobur

[bulgarianHearth]

We purchase your posts! Strangers, this is our history and our love! Heardbreaking and Breathtaking. Българи това сме ние!

[NODNOLKU]

bravo super izpalnenie

exellent performance!!!!!!

[CanadiaNecro1]

that thing's humongous! Looks like it'd be hard to hold the bag up under your arm. Awesome sound though!

[pittoBG]

hahahahhaaa- the best)))i can only guess what your neighbours think of this)))

[akvamarine]

Great performance :) ! Congratulations!

[Will170392]

how do you play staccato on this bagpipe? great performance bdw

[stellalalalalalalala]

Αν και Βούλγαρος.....πολύ καλός!!

Beautiful!!

[1983Anubis]

@stellalalalalalalala Δεν ειναι Βουλγαρος,ειναι ανθρωπος.

[stellalalalalalalala]

@1983Anubis Δε νομιζω οτι το ενα αναιρεί το άλλο.

[1983Anubis]

@stellalalalalalalala O τροπος που ειχες τοποθετηθει εδειχνε οτι υπαρχει μεροληψια απεναντι στους Βουλγαρους ;)ανακαλω τοτε :::)

[DimitarDobrinov]

You play the gaida excellent.Greeting from Bulgaria!

[saintman73]

Super Performance!!!

[saintman73]

Super Performance !!!

[fagottist]

good stuff

[alexandralozanova]

Прекрасен инструмент е гайдата! - Gaida is a great instrument

[urikadoori]

Beautiful. Thank you so much for posting these videos! I'm not familiar with Gaida playing style, but I'm sure you're doing a terrific job. Love those "doublings"!

[baptasia]

one word - RESPECT!

[lockyboy2]

dude your good but why was this linked to talkin parrots???lol

[jdawg12694]

Absolutely Beautiful...This makes me wish we were back in the old times.......

[todorsotirov]

great performence!!!! Im glad you like our culture :) Greetings from Bulgaria

[Ani900]

wow!! this is very good, i'm bulgarian and i know how the sound of the gaida makes my hairs rise, and this definitely does :) mnogo dobre se spravi! you did very well!

[nobbelex]

Very beutiful!

[axilbg]

super kato go 4uia tova i mnogo ma4no mi stava eh balgariooo...kiitos

[emigranta1]

eee bravo kato go chuq tova i mi stava mychno za BG... Danke

[damienspal]

Way to go man! I lived in Haskovo and never learned to play the gaida. You play very well.

Thanks for stealing our culture?!?! Can I say thanks for stealing jazz and blues?

[iv4o7o]

you are teh win man

pro performance :)

[DFolkloreOfBulgaria]

Браво, австралийски приятелю!

Bravo australian friend!

[zurnacia]

bravo ,kolega strashen si!

[BrokeWilles]

I just want to say: Thanks for stealing our culture! You just show something that you'll never understood! Im sure in that..

Thank you all!

[VaskoTJ]

???? which culture you sick?? THIS IS BULGARIAN CULTURE!! BEEING IN BULGARIAN FOR HUNDRED OF YEARS!! you dont know what you are talking about!!!

[BrokeWilles]

I just cant believe that somebody can say "kaba gaida" is not a bulgarian, and its not a bulgarian type of music.. I think one greek say that shit! I also cant believe some macedonian guy can say I am not a bulgarian and the cyrilic alphabet is from "macedonians".

[BrokeWilles]

Bravo! Very good! :)

[djdumbdj]

BRAVO napravo si super.....makara da slusham druga muzika prosto tova e v kruvta mi toq unikalen zvuk ...

[AyeWeCan]

Hyy mon - youve pinched oor bagpipes

Fab fab fab

From bonnie scotland

[Bap3aH]

it`s not gaida!Gaida is on bulgarian it`s bagpipe.I know because I`m from Bulgaria :)

[corydale]

well you try telling the well knowen gaida maker kostadin illchev from smolian, bulgaria, that his instruments are not gaidas- i bought this from him, in smolian, bulgaria, back in 2006. it is a gaida!

[stanislav576]

@corydale yes i agree with you i am bulgarian but i live in england 

[Sindwiller]

@Bap3aH

Това е истенска българска Каба Гайда бе, не се прави на идиот!

[bulgaria1408]

@Bap3aH listen i dont know how bulgarian u are but this is a GAIDA u should be ashamed of ur self for not knowing what a gaida is

[BeatySword]

@Bap3aH Bagpipe is the name what people use to call the Irish and Scotish instrument, but if you listen very carefully you will hear a huge difference between a bagpipe and a kaba gaida :)

[MiNDFREAK371379]

@Bap3aH dumbass

[eiderez]

@Bap3aH bagpipe is the original name scotish/english/irish even gaelic people give to this instrument and this is def not a bagpipe. bagpipes(drones) have at least 4 pipes and antique design.im half scot half greek but i defin know that this is called Gaida

[cwisi]

Brilliant!!!You play excelente.

Dou you know where can i buy a Gaida?Could you tell me the name of some luthiers?

[JAZEleal]

This is fucking brilliant!

[DenitsaLin]

Невероятно! Развивай таланта си. Свириш страхотно.

Unbleievable! Develop your talent. You play excellent.

[KpEMuKoBcu]

You've got talent.Keep it up man

[bootystuffer]

Great PLaying....... I am surprised how we all in The Balkans have the same bagpipes and call it Gajda, and KAba.

[jaocheu]

Superb playing. As a Highland piper myself I love the low sound of these pipes.

The first (reel) 10-30 secs I love. What's it called I'd love to get hold of the music.

[qldhighlander]

Cory, we miss you at the pipe band, goodness knows we could use your talent for 'the real pipes', but mate; you can really play that Gaida - beautiful sound. God to see your grace notes aren't going to waist....

Dan

[ivelev]

Cory... those Tsuk's (the thumb chirping) is godly. Am not an expert, play some gaida (djura) and kaval, but I am absorbing each tsuk like good wine, eagerly! :) Thanks! Cheers to people exploring music from such distant places like the Balkans... Rhodope! :)

[elilp1991]

dat is geen turks,dat is bulgaarse man

[swatbg]

bravo Cory

[Jesusisyhwh]

This is an awesome sound!

[oleiros70]

благодаря за видео. Честито на Галиция (Galiza).

[nigal86]

This is just great!

it make me feel so proud i am Bulgarian.

All my body freeze when i hear this.

[metalpiper]

nice job.... I have had this same set made in the Rhodopa Mountains. I could never play this well.. bravo!

[disviarta]

were i can buy one gaida?

[theodor28uzunov]

come to Bulgaria and buy nice gaida(bagpipe)

[Srbijanka28]

Bravo!

[vladispassov]

This touched my soul. No wonder - I am a Bulgarian. Did it touch yours? Cheers to the pipe player - what a flawless performance! One remark to the camera man - it would be better to have turned the camera 90 degrees clockwise so we could see the face of this excellent "gaydar". Thumbs up otherwise! Nazdrave!

[ThraceMaN]

hopa bre napravo more this is Thrace Pomak cultur jm macir :D

[songs4cf]

great stuff! I'm Bulgarian.

[sidewalkchalkvission]

been looking for this instrument all day, BEAUTIFUL!

[ilovemagicwater]

u do a really good job! r u part bulgarian or something?

[rundumshaus]

B R A V O PERFEKT Danke.

[Mpullee]

СТРАХОТНО

БРАВО

НАСТРЪХНАХ :) ОБОЖАВАМ ГАЙДАТА :)

[petarbadboy]

stahitna pesen oba4e ne e na sqlo rodopska

[Srbijaisthebest]

bulgarian gajda is very good

i am from croatia we also have this gajde (diple)

Croatia AND Bulgaria 4 EVER!!! greatest Folklor in the world

[Srbijanka28]

and your nick name is "srbijaisthebest" hahahha ,,,,,got ya!!! ;)

[aurio33]

:) cool!:)

[xSiMSeKx53]

watch?v=0e6dK5Dd2nk <<< turkish gaida ( TULUM ):):):)

[dmakdsna]

kfa ti shotlandia we?

[king0thebritons]

I've listened to this tune sooo many times now, the first 45 seconds are just heavenly (and the rest is very good. Or, to put it differently, you play heavenly, but I like the sad impression of the 45 first seconds... ;)) I really love the sound of that bagpipe. Who built it and what key is it in? I saw something about a website on one of your other clips, unfortuneatly the adress didn't seem to exist...

[insomniqc]

i want to get me a gaida and learn how to play too

foster that Bulgarian heritage i carry :)

"bulgari! unaci!"

respect to the aussie

[bootystuffer]

Great musician. great song... reminds me of our Gajde back home... Gskope, you are a fucking moron- and it is becuase of ingonarnt fools like you, that everybody in the Balkans dont respect Greeks... learn some fucking History& culture.

[tapanar2]

Great sound, great melody! Bravo Cory!

[LUGOROVSKI]

molq da ne govorim gluposti..gaidite ne sa gruzki ami sa si rodopski istrumenti. vie gurzi si imate tam drugiglupavi musicalni strumenti.

[Gskope]

GAIDA ALONG WITH THRACE IS GREEK!!!!

[corydale]

that might be but this particular gaida comes from smolian in bulgaria, therfore it is a bulgarian gaida

[ilovemagicwater]

UHHHHH, NO IT"S NOT! MORON!

[ilovemagicwater]

don't hate on me! i was talking 2 gskope! u guys are mean!

[Raao1]

You greeks are trying to get everything that is bulgarian to your side. Gaida is bulgarian, you have shit! Traces were not greeks, they were here long before bulgarins and greeks, look at the Perperek (Perperikon). So Orpheos was Trace, not greek. HOW ABOUT THAT! hahaha :)

[nipsonanom]

Gaida is gaida and music is music and its simple as that. There is no ethnicity in instruments or in music. You said Thracians are here long before Bulgarians and Greeks and how you explain my friend the truth that my grandfather and his grandfather and many thousands people was outside of Greek Thrace they spoken Greek as mother language they were Orthodox Christian and when wanted to sing they used Gaida and had the same music with Bulgarians but with Greek words?

[pittoBG]

@Gskope Well, didn't ya get the news?! What was greek once, is today BULGARIAN!!))

[piperjones]

Beautiful.

[Arin322]

:) keep 'em coming... so cool

[Solaras88]

what key is this gaida in? Sounds like E (Mi)?

[trrrrsss]

This music is lovely. Thank you.

[dimi4ka]

wonderful!!!

[dbadagna]

This is one of the best bagpipe performances (of any kind of bagpipe) I have ever heard. The ornamentation makes it sound as if there are melodies inside melodies.

[edikata]

Hi, it's not so easy to play kaba gaida it's differently from the others bagpipes - it not expense to buy - it coasts something like 250 -350 lv= 150-250$

[ullrichstein]

damn awesome dude !! really nice playing !

respect !

im playing the medieval bagpipe and somedays i want to play the kaba gaida too. how much it cost??

[bulgARYAN85]

Bratski pozdrav priqteliu,Dokato ima gaida v Rodopite i bg. ime nqma da se zagubi!!!Pozdravqvam te-maistor si-tva e liubimiq mi instrument!

[kleinekristof]

awesome, kaba gaida is one of my favourite bagpipes. lovely playing

[wadejt1975]

Thank you so much for all the helpful information and I guess I will take the leap and buy from boyan at bulgariana. One last question - is it the Kaba Gaida that is the lower pitched instrument and the Djura Gaida that is higher pitched. Thanks again!

[corydale]

yes, kaba is big and djura is little.

[wadejt1975]

what key do you recommend I get one in as a beginner? Also, where do you recommend I get one from? Do you know if the ones on ebay/bulgariana (they are one in the same) are ok?

[corydale]

the sets from boyan at bulgariana com are great. both zdravko and anastas ivanovs sets are good. Mi is the most popular key. anastas (bai tasso i call him)is about 86 years old and his instruments arent all that aestheticly pleasing but they have a very good traditional sound. tell boyan i sent you if you make some enquiries

[wadejt1975]

Thanks so much! What an awesome instrument. I am an elementary music teacher and clarinet player and I just happened upon the gaida while searching ebay for unusual instruments. It is so cool and you play so well. I would love to get one and learn but I live in the middle of central texas and have no idea how i could learn.

[corydale]

i taught myself. all you need to do is familiarise yourself with the scale and fingering and then listen to cd's. it has taken me 2 trips to bulgaria to perfect my style and build it into my own ( and not just copying what i hear)

[wadejt1975]

hi! what key is this gaida in?

[corydale]

E (mi)is the tonic note. all fingers down is A.

[RaffaeleCotugno81]

BRAVISSIMO!!!

[Kilfio]

That's awesome.

[3latina]

Male, male ... strahotno!!!

[yankodj]

Ashkolsun, God BLess You.

[StanislavaDaskalova]

You are pretty good :)! I can recognize just the first piece - "Pusto, no ludo i mlado"

[danielshacalis]

This shows that the celts made all there way to the Balkan Regions. Even in the north of Greece they settled.

[birrellwalsh]

Gosh, I thought it showed that the Irish are really Thracian! :=}

[danielshacalis]

No. Im not, Im just saying what I know. But apparently the celts did reach Greece. Especially Bulgaria, and parts like the former Yugoslav Republic

[vasili33]

Celts originated in the Black Sea region which may explain why many Irish have very dark hair. Balkans is approx centre of diversity for bagpipe, many varieties there and eastward to Iran, westward to Spain. bagpipe not specific to Celtic culture

[Dagvalda]

maybe... but we have the Uilleann, highland and northumbrian pipes - the best of all ;)

The irish have dark hair because of a lot of spanish influence. The irish and indeed the british were predominantly - if not completely - red haired and pale skinned before any other culture (besides the celts) arrived to the british and irish isles.

[trlstaff]

interesting, very nice. I didnt know their was such an instrument.

[shekerdzhiev]

Cory must have something bulgarian in him,

Cheers Cory and see you in Gela

[haidutUSA]

dai dai dai bratko,rodopite si ostavat v men vinagi,nezavisimo kade sam po sveta,BULGARIAN BAGPIPE IS THE BEST

[Ottodunlink]

beautiful playing

[kazakova85]

prekrasno e!!!

[macedonianchorba]

COVEKOV PREKRASNO SVIRI NA GAJDA BUGARSKI , MAKEDONSKI I SRPSKI PESNI - poslusajte gi i drugite video zapisi

[berovofreak]

but rigamax is right...how can anybody play bagpipe without a bag??? that means, that, the eqypts first played on chanters (zurli) gajdarki and later when the player stuck the chanter in the bag, it became a bagpipe...

im sorry for my english

[rigamax]

"the oldest known bagpipes were from Egypt and they started out with no bag." Please tell me how you can have BAGpipes without a bag.

[corydale]

becuase they started as a piece of cane with fingerholes. they were blowen by mouth using cricular breathing (like on a dijeridoo) then someone clever stuck the same piece of cane into a wine pouch and dscovered he could play and sing in between breaths. or so the story goes

[vasili33]

Hi Cory, do you have any spare macedonian gaida drone reeds? Could I buy one off you? if you tell me a bank account i can make a direct deposit. I don't think my friend Risto has any cane of that diameter at the moment to make me one... currently my drone is playing very loud, i think due to the reed cheers V

[vasili33]

This is a famous source of cane for gaida reeds, still in operations: Luis Medir SA, C/ San Antonio-34, Palamos, 17230 Girona, España phone: +34972318119 fax: +34972318917 web: w dot medir dot cat

[zuki7z]

the bag of the bulgarian bagpipes are the body(skin) of a sheep

[bulgarus1917]

Great Bulgarian musician! Go on brothers!

[Rhaskos]

Maistori Gaidari ot Asvstralia!!

Ha!

Good fingering, great playing!

For sure you're representing very well Rhodopi.

Dovíchdane, kaba gaidar!

\\//

[corydale]

hi,

cant we all just get along? can we keep the swearing out of it please?

[zias11]

the rythim and the melody are typical acient dionisiac greek!!!

[PawnshopID]

maybe you're all the same people.

[DragonWorshipper]

great piece, makes me want to play the bagpipes again...

[jimihumhumnukuapua]

eto be 4oveka (celtperson) si go kaza ot rodopite sa trugnali gaidite.ina4e bili izmisleni v afrrika

[zuki7z]

Кво искат тия насрани гърци,нещо ги е яд а? хаха

[CeltPerson]

Ne, this is not true. The bagpipes ORIGINALLY came from north africa, and wikopedia can be edited by anyone. They traveled with ethnic groups. But the bagpipes are an universal instrument, just like the flute, every culture has it's own version of it. And in the balkans the gaida started in the Rhodopi mountains.

[apologeticsman]

the oldest known bagpipes were from Egypt and they started out with no bag. The bag was added later to make them more portable and battle ready. The Romans "borrowed" them from the Egyptians and added a drone, then, the Scotians (Irish/Scottish) kicked the Romans out and added 2 more drones. The end, lol

[momchil88]

ABE KVO IM STAVA NA TIQ 6IBANI GARCI ?! TOA KO RAZPRAQ CHE SICHKO TRAGNALO OT TQH SI EBAT MAIKATA SELSKA PUSTINQCI SHIBANI NISTHO DRUGO NE E TRAGNALO OT TQH OSVEN PEDERASTIQTA _)_ EBETE SI MAIKATA SELSKA ...

a muzikata e mnogo hubava =] da si jiv i zdravv i da radwash horata oshte mn godini

[trrrrsss]

A ti si vulgaren

[boil456]

Ako ti trepne neshto pod surceto, kato chuesh tazi muzika , Bulgarin si znachi.

Hvala na muzikanta.

Drone or "gaidunica" in Bulgarian folklore they are two types.

[yehoiachim]

Well played! Way to bend those notes =) I'm actually about to order a gaida myself, from Bulgaria, but I have some queries regarding gaida and keys: If a gaida is in A, does that mean that the lowest note on the chanter, disregarding the leading note, and the drone is in A or is the keynote on a three-finger grip, i.e. a quarter up? If anyone knows, I would be truly grateful for an answer!

[christeer]

Hello, your right, bagpipe descriptions on the net are often confusing, if it's quoted as being in A then it's probably a Kaba gajda in E(three finger note and drone) the bottom note then being in A, Bulgarian gajdas don't have a leading note, the extra note is at the top as it where. Jura gajdas are often in D, bottom note G, and Macedonian gajdas in B, bottom note E. I hope that makes sense, have fun when your gajda arrives, Chris Steer.

[Sellos23]

Nice I like it, but i really dont understand this instrument we have this in Turkey to and in Scotland wich other countrys ? and how did it reach balkans ??

[Monofiner]

First of all, the instrument is greek and its greek name is askaulos=askos+aulos which means bagpipe=bag+pipe :).We also call it tsampouna.You can even google it to see that Im telling the truth.Then the Bulgarians took it and became supermasters to it in my opinion.I dont know how it reached Scotland but it s actually a greek instrument played in all regions of greece especially in thrace and the greek islands with a different form.I hope I helped you.

[Sellos23]

ahah pretty much. how about spreading it in to Turkey. Getting it to Trabzon and stuff you know

[medkata2000]

Great music,Gteat Instrument.and top of all it all comes from the best places in Bulgaria Rodopa Mountains.I love Rodopas

[tangrianbg]

jiv budi, bate, i zdrav!

[flprofesor]

Bravo na gaydara best bulgarian folklor.

[pudnbug]

Coreydale! Good job! Great sound and rhythm! When you stopped, your blowpipe made the same embarrassing noise that mine often does. I haven't played my gajdas in quite a while, but maybe I'll get back to it.

[evangavriel]

nice one!

[Bulgarian681]

Nice job

[tsarka1888]

great playing !!! I have a bulgarian gaida but I do not know how to tie the reed properly and it will not work...can you help ?

[deyannyc]

WOW you are great...great sound !!!

[christeer]

wonderful!

[BGlady]

Opaaa!!! Super e! Good job! I couldn't help dancing to the music.

[EsEskorpiyon]

....and if he were playing a Greek instrument r song, "Opaaa!" would actually be an appropriate response. :)

[BGlady]

Sorry to dissapoint you EsEskorpiyon, but we also use "opa" in Bulgaria and yes, it can be used with a Bulgarian Kaba Gaida.

[kavalmanko]

bravos...i like macedonian and bulgarian gajda...