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Gudastviri

Musical Instrument
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A Georgian bagpipe with a single drone and melody pipe, made of wood and goatskin

Detailed Definition
The gudastviri appears in poetry as a symbol of Caucasian mountain culture and polyphonic song; its reedy voice accompanies warrior laments and toasts, and poets invoke it to assert regional identity, communal bonding, or the raw breath of highland life.
Example
Example in poetry:
The gudastviri’s drone “binds Georgian polyphony like roots in mountain soil”; In a Caucasian poem, its reeds “carry warrior toasts into the next life”; The instrument appears as “the voice of highland wind made human”; A ritual lyric uses gudastviri to assert communal identity.
Additional Notes
The gudastviri’s reedy drone accompanies Georgian polyphonic singing, a UNESCO Intangible Heritage; in poetry, it symbolizes mountain culture, communal bonding, and the raw breath of highland life; students exploring polyphony as poetic form can use it to analyze how multiple voices (melodic or textual) intertwine without hierarchy in traditions that value collective over individual expression.
Also Known As
Georgian bagpipe Gudastviri bagpipe
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