PACS 74.25.Gz, 74.25.Kc, 74.72.Bk, 78.30.Er Raman scattering spectra of (123) and Bi-based high-temperature superconductors (HTSC) with different doping levels have been investigated. It is demonstrated that phonons in HTSC can provide unique information on energy, symmetry, temperature-and doping-dependencies of the superconducting gap and pseudogap.