Italian bagpipes: Vincenzo Sanzo plays a Tarantella on zampogna a chiave di 4.5 palmi in C or B
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- This video was originally recorded at the same session as the Passeggera in October 2019 by Giovanni Di Federico on a hard-to-find Facebook page he runs which only Italians or Italian bagpipe fans will ever find. Trying to make a wrongly-kept secret known by uploading this to reach out to wider audiences because nobody would otherwise know how insanely cool Italian bagpipes are.
This is the young pipemaker Vincenzo Sanzo (born about 1994 or so) playing a 4.5-palmi zampogna a chiave Lucana he made. Based on A = 440, is it in the key of B or is it in the key of C? To my ears, it's closer to C but I can let y'all perfect pitch possessors be the judge of that, haha. I have perfect pitch myself but it's difficult to tell.
The one thing about Vincenzo that most people will love was that he was a professional-level classical pianist, so learning the zampogna was relatively easy for him. I do have some piano experience, so learning the zampogna would probably be easy enough for me, given that one piper taught me the fingering since 2010. I bet you can definitely hear some piano influences in Vincenzo's playing. Like, if I didn't tell you he was a professional pianist, would you have been able to tell or not? I think the piano influences are heard in the very very fast notes on the soprano chanter. I think the honest proof is in the playing. Zampognari are going to be much better pipers if they have piano experience, Vincenzo Sanzo was already playing Chopin, Ravel, Mozart etc. at age 10. At 18 he turned to zampogna making.
My first impression is that there is a relatively loud Dó and equally softer Ré on the bass like a Forastiero is known for. With the evidence that Vincenzo learned from Quirino Valvano who learned from Forastiero who learned from Trimarco, all of which had a huge fortissimo bass Dó and a contrastingly pianissimo bass Ré, you can hear why his pipes have an uneven bass sound. Still, the other bass notes are audible enough, but the sopranina drone is still overkill. A good bass chanter has all of its notes loud and clear, such as Mazzillo, or smaller sizes of typical Lucana zampogne.
Behind the "Palmi" size, "Palmi" is a very old Italian measurement, which varies between 25 centimeters each (short palmi), and 26.5 centimeters each (long palmi). The difference between two tones generated by those two frequencies is an entire half step or semitone. This measurement was not written in stone and so it varied anywhere from 25 to 26.5 centimeters, so the variation in pitch within the palmi measurement gives you as much as an entire half step or semitone.
Not familiar with Italian bagpipes? I encourage you to download this plain text dictionary I put together about these instruments. You will seriously learn a ton of things you never knew, and I don't want this to be entirely secret so this is my best way of getting the word out. This link will be updated whenever future modifications to the dictionary are made, so if you don't have the latest version, no worries. Last updated: 12/31/2023
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I kinda prefer this to the Scottish bagpipes
ME TOO!!!!!!!!!!!! I like zampogne because they have two very different chanters!!!!!!
This is enough to make a grown man cry 😢 so beautiful.
So does every European country have a version of bagpipes?
Yes, they do. There's an album that introduced me to the zampogna called "Bagpipes of the World" by Sean Folsom. I'm sure you can buy it online.
@@michaelkazmierskidunn7189 Interesting. So where did bagpipes originate from?
@@michealgilliland8830 "Some historians believe that bagpipes originate from ancient Egypt and were brought to Scotland by invading Roman Legions. Others maintain that the instrument was brought over the water by the colonising Scots tribes from Ireland." -internet search
@@michealgilliland8830 Yeah, from what I know, there was a DVD about the history of bagpipes but I've no idea where to find it, it's with some Irish-themed pipe band from New York with MC Mike McCormick, he said that ancient Egypt in 2800 BC was when the first bagpipes appeared.
The north of England has Northumbrian small pipes and Ireland had uilleann
Does this bagpipe maker has a website or something?
No, I'm afraid he doesn't. He is on Facebook though. And he actually quit making pipes.
No unfortunately he doesn't, but he's on Facebook. Although he did quit making pipes anyway.
Frankly, I can’t tell the difference between a good bagpiper or a bad one…
You must be deaf then, or you must hate bagpipes. There's a NIGHT AND DAY difference! Then again, I thought all opera sopranos were bad because all I heard was nothing but ugly slow vibratos, but it wasn't until 2015 when I first heard Cecelia Brady (recording on my channel) when I finally realized as long as they have a hot vibrato, opera can also sound amazing. Problem is, more than 90 percent of most sopranos have the WORST VIBRATOS EVER, and even worse, they're taught to take a slow vibrato for granted when really this is serious SUICIDE to the singing voice!
@@michaelkazmierskidunn7189 Michael, my apologies- my quip was meant to be a joke. The context of this joke is to preface it with a comparison, example: ____________ are like bagpipers; I can’t tell a the difference between a good or bad one. You fill in the blank with: lawyers, politicians, etc. Cheers!
@@jimseviltwin1 Understood.
Okay, I may be just a bass player but at least I don't have to carry a whole pig around to gigs.
LOL!!!!!! It's not a pig you smart Alec.
I hope some poor innocent animal didn't lose its life in order to be transformed into that air bag. Please reassure me that it's synthetic.
I totally understand your concern, and in fact I'd never play leather bags myself when I can avoid it, just 'cause I HATE MAINTENANCE especially as a blind piper. Legit, my nonpiping dad actually maintains the GHB's I play in the Greater Midwest pipe band. But I'm absolutely sorry to say, yes. It took two goats to make that bag on this set. But fortunately, they do make synthetic bags for zampogne. Like I said, I'd never use leather when I can avoid it altogether anyways. So if I get a zampogne I'd demand that the pipemaker put a synthetic bag on it.
No, the skin has to be real, shepherds don't care about this animal rights bullshit, they love their animals more than you and me, they dedicate their lives to protecting their livestock And to look after it. When it is time to kill the animal, it is done, the meat is eaten and the bagpipe is made from the skin
I imagine it'd be more likely the animal lost its life for some other reason and it was used for many purposes in order to not waste it.
Oh boy a vegan cultist have arrived to the comments section 😂
@@savedemperor8024 Yeah for sure. A friend of mine said in her own words that "Vegans are NARSICISTS!" I don't know if I'd neither agree or disagree with her, so I'm relatively neutral about it.