Optionally, some gaitas have a small high drone. It seems that it is giving good results. Wood Gaitas can be made of several types of wood. The more traditional is boxwood, which gives a mellow sound, but which unfortunately is becoming scarce nowadays. Gaita makers also use other exotic woods, such as grenadillo, bubinga, cocus wood, ebony and violet wood.
Some bands play gaitas tuned in different keys.
The current trend seems to be switching to higher pitches. The diagrams below should help. Fingering for an open fingering C tuned chanter . Also, minor differences can exist between players, but the fingerings above seem to be the more broadly accepted and used.