I'm not sure I've heard Bulgarian bagpipes myself, though I love polyphonic Bulgarian vocal music. This music is actually of the Albanian diaspora population (Arbëreshë) that's been in Southern Italy for centuries. But the zampogna is the italian type of bagpipes.
Yep. There are two different kinds. The one in the video, called "zampogna", used in the center-south regions, and the other one called "cornamusa", the classic bagpipe. They usually show up around Christmas time, at least here in the North. It's something belonging to shepherds tradition, and there are no many left here. Maybe down south they're still pretty popular.
@@Vingul my mate from Bulgaria tells me there are 2 or 3 different types in different registers but I'll try find out more and share my findings with you Love your channel by the way
@@Bruceykeys Do share, always wanting to learn more. I listened to a cool podcast not long ago with a Norwegian guy who's been to Bulgaria many times and played with Bulgarian players since the early 90s, most of the stuff about extremely complicated time signatures etc goes over my head but it's very cool. I should seek out some bagpipe music from there as well. Appreciate hearing that, man. With how all over the place the channel is thematically I'm glad people even stick around, lol.
😊Italian bagpipes is Christmas time music! (It's supposed to remind of the shepherds that visited baby Jesus and serenaded him with music; kind of like the Italian equivalent of that one song "The Little Drummer Boy/Parum Papumpum")... Every time I hear zampogna, it is always happy and cheerful, never sad or mournful like Scottish bagpipe music can be (I play the Scottish pipes, and there are a lot of really sad tunes with heartbreaking stories behind them). It sounds like there are multiple pipers, or the one guy recorded himself on multiple tracks... Very nice!
Yes, I hadn't noticed but I suspect he must have overdubbed himself, because he's the only piper credited on the album. [Edit: on second thought, I suppose one can play two melody lines at once with these pipes(?) -- it looks from the picture like there are two pipes with holes.] [Edit 2: I think he must be, because as I just remembered, this is from a concert! I wish now that I hadn't cut away the applause at the end.] I didn't know that bagpipes are associated with Christmas before Floriano said the same thing in these comments. I guess I should upload it at Christmas next time, would be more appropriate ^^ appreciate the additional information, cheers Giuseppe!
@@Vingul😁 this is very interesting to me... I believe you when you say, "it was a concert", and I'm not trying to have a fight with you or anything... But, I'm hearing too many "parts/voices" to imagine one guy doing it all at once... Even with two chanters, you still only have ten fingers, so you can only play four or five notes on each chanter... The complexity of this recording is beyond the capability of a "single piper", imo, because of the limitations of the human body and the instrument itself... There's just no possible way to play a four-part harmony with only two chanters and two hands. It's just impossible, unless the musician has extra functional limbs and extra fingers... I didn't mean to argue; only sharing my limited knowledge of bagpipes and how they work. I love your channel and I think you have very good taste in music. If I could subscribe twice, I would. ❤️
@@giuseppelogiurato5718 I don't take it as arguing at all, my dear sir! But I appreciate the correction. After all, I'm not even a musician, whereas you are a piper ^^ so I trust that. Like I said, I hadn't even considered that it couldn't be done by one man, I just go by the information I have and enjoy the music ;) so the concert setting and the credits on the discogs page led me to believe only Scaldaferri is playing, but the credits on discogs must be incorrect, then: www.discogs.com/release/18105304-Various-Polifonia-Arbereshe-Della-Basilicata-Concerto-AllAbazia-di-Royaumont I don't know what I would change the title to, but I have altered the description to "curated by..." because I still assume it's correct that Scaldaferri curated the album. Thanks again, Giuseppe!
@@Vingul aha! "Polifonia" makes it clear! "Many sounds" in Griko language; I didn't realize this was so close to where I'm from in Italy; my own province, actually! I am no expert... Thank you for the excellent music; I'm still crying over "the great grey selkie" song... That was the one that got me to subscribe to your channel... Keep up the great work. 👍❤️
@@giuseppelogiurato5718 That's cool! "Polyfoni", as we say in Norwegian ;) I remember now that you commented on the selkie song, glad it could lead you here. 'Tis indeed a lovely tune, going to listen to it again now :)
Very good question! There is actually a guy who recorded Norwegian folk music with bagpipes in the 90s, I've thought of posting that but sort of forgot. So that's a good reminder. The album is called "The Norwegian Bagpipe?" haha. And I've heard there's been a "revival" of bagpipe music in Sweden, so it may be that it was at least not very uncommon way back in the day, although we definitely don't have an unbroken tradition of it. I dunno.
@@VingulI know that there were bagpipes traditions all over Britain and some other parts of Europe, but they just haven’t survived like the Scots’. Norway surely has some pipes?
@@whiggles9203 I've never heard of anyone playing bagpipes in Norway in a traditional context apart from military marching bands and so on (would be interesting to know when we started that but I don't consider it folk culture, just European martial culture or whatever). Those are probably highland pipes or at least not any sort of native Norwegian/Scandinavian pipes. Then there's the fellow I mentioned above who played Norwegian folk tunes on bagpipes, but he had those bagpipes made by a German based on some Swedish pipes or something (it's been a while since I looked into it). But yeah, it may well be that we did have a bagpipe tradition once upon a time and that it just didn't survive.
@@Otri86yeah, I agree.. the Hardingfelle is so unique among the traditional folk instruments of Skandinavía (let alone Europe in general) that the lack of a "national Norwegian bagpipe" is no big deal... You guys got your own beautiful thing, and no one else has anything similar... As far as piping goes, Norwegian pipe bands (in the Scottish style) are actually really good, and they are always strongly represented at the World's competition in Glasgow. ❤️🇮🇸
Wunderbar!
Very interesting, i was unaware of Italian bagpipes, as i was with Bulgarian bagpipes until recently
I'm not sure I've heard Bulgarian bagpipes myself, though I love polyphonic Bulgarian vocal music.
This music is actually of the Albanian diaspora population (Arbëreshë) that's been in Southern Italy for centuries. But the zampogna is the italian type of bagpipes.
Yep. There are two different kinds. The one in the video, called "zampogna", used in the center-south regions, and the other one called "cornamusa", the classic bagpipe. They usually show up around Christmas time, at least here in the North. It's something belonging to shepherds tradition, and there are no many left here. Maybe down south they're still pretty popular.
@@florianobonfanti7801 Thanks for the info mate :)
@@Vingul my mate from Bulgaria tells me there are 2 or 3 different types in different registers but I'll try find out more and share my findings with you
Love your channel by the way
@@Bruceykeys Do share, always wanting to learn more. I listened to a cool podcast not long ago with a Norwegian guy who's been to Bulgaria many times and played with Bulgarian players since the early 90s, most of the stuff about extremely complicated time signatures etc goes over my head but it's very cool. I should seek out some bagpipe music from there as well.
Appreciate hearing that, man. With how all over the place the channel is thematically I'm glad people even stick around, lol.
😊Italian bagpipes is Christmas time music! (It's supposed to remind of the shepherds that visited baby Jesus and serenaded him with music; kind of like the Italian equivalent of that one song "The Little Drummer Boy/Parum Papumpum")... Every time I hear zampogna, it is always happy and cheerful, never sad or mournful like Scottish bagpipe music can be (I play the Scottish pipes, and there are a lot of really sad tunes with heartbreaking stories behind them).
It sounds like there are multiple pipers, or the one guy recorded himself on multiple tracks... Very nice!
Yes, I hadn't noticed but I suspect he must have overdubbed himself, because he's the only piper credited on the album.
[Edit: on second thought, I suppose one can play two melody lines at once with these pipes(?) -- it looks from the picture like there are two pipes with holes.]
[Edit 2: I think he must be, because as I just remembered, this is from a concert! I wish now that I hadn't cut away the applause at the end.]
I didn't know that bagpipes are associated with Christmas before Floriano said the same thing in these comments. I guess I should upload it at Christmas next time, would be more appropriate ^^ appreciate the additional information, cheers Giuseppe!
@@Vingul😁 this is very interesting to me... I believe you when you say, "it was a concert", and I'm not trying to have a fight with you or anything... But, I'm hearing too many "parts/voices" to imagine one guy doing it all at once... Even with two chanters, you still only have ten fingers, so you can only play four or five notes on each chanter... The complexity of this recording is beyond the capability of a "single piper", imo, because of the limitations of the human body and the instrument itself... There's just no possible way to play a four-part harmony with only two chanters and two hands. It's just impossible, unless the musician has extra functional limbs and extra fingers...
I didn't mean to argue; only sharing my limited knowledge of bagpipes and how they work. I love your channel and I think you have very good taste in music. If I could subscribe twice, I would. ❤️
@@giuseppelogiurato5718 I don't take it as arguing at all, my dear sir! But I appreciate the correction. After all, I'm not even a musician, whereas you are a piper ^^ so I trust that. Like I said, I hadn't even considered that it couldn't be done by one man, I just go by the information I have and enjoy the music ;) so the concert setting and the credits on the discogs page led me to believe only Scaldaferri is playing, but the credits on discogs must be incorrect, then: www.discogs.com/release/18105304-Various-Polifonia-Arbereshe-Della-Basilicata-Concerto-AllAbazia-di-Royaumont
I don't know what I would change the title to, but I have altered the description to "curated by..." because I still assume it's correct that Scaldaferri curated the album. Thanks again, Giuseppe!
@@Vingul aha! "Polifonia" makes it clear! "Many sounds" in Griko language; I didn't realize this was so close to where I'm from in Italy; my own province, actually! I am no expert... Thank you for the excellent music; I'm still crying over "the great grey selkie" song... That was the one that got me to subscribe to your channel... Keep up the great work. 👍❤️
@@giuseppelogiurato5718 That's cool! "Polyfoni", as we say in Norwegian ;) I remember now that you commented on the selkie song, glad it could lead you here. 'Tis indeed a lovely tune, going to listen to it again now :)
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Italian bagpipes? Man, why does everyone have bagpipes but us.
You have your own fiddle 🇳🇴 and that’s all you need. The coolest folkmusic in the world ❤️🇳🇴🎶
Very good question! There is actually a guy who recorded Norwegian folk music with bagpipes in the 90s, I've thought of posting that but sort of forgot. So that's a good reminder. The album is called "The Norwegian Bagpipe?" haha.
And I've heard there's been a "revival" of bagpipe music in Sweden, so it may be that it was at least not very uncommon way back in the day, although we definitely don't have an unbroken tradition of it. I dunno.
@@VingulI know that there were bagpipes traditions all over Britain and some other parts of Europe, but they just haven’t survived like the Scots’. Norway surely has some pipes?
@@whiggles9203 I've never heard of anyone playing bagpipes in Norway in a traditional context apart from military marching bands and so on (would be interesting to know when we started that but I don't consider it folk culture, just European martial culture or whatever). Those are probably highland pipes or at least not any sort of native Norwegian/Scandinavian pipes.
Then there's the fellow I mentioned above who played Norwegian folk tunes on bagpipes, but he had those bagpipes made by a German based on some Swedish pipes or something (it's been a while since I looked into it).
But yeah, it may well be that we did have a bagpipe tradition once upon a time and that it just didn't survive.
@@Otri86yeah, I agree.. the Hardingfelle is so unique among the traditional folk instruments of Skandinavía (let alone Europe in general) that the lack of a "national Norwegian bagpipe" is no big deal... You guys got your own beautiful thing, and no one else has anything similar... As far as piping goes, Norwegian pipe bands (in the Scottish style) are actually really good, and they are always strongly represented at the World's competition in Glasgow. ❤️🇮🇸