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Canntaireachd (Scottish Gaelic for 'chanting'; pronounced [ˈkʰãũn̪ˠt̪ɛɾʲəxk]) is the ancient method of teaching, learning and memorizing Piobaireachd (also spelt Pibroch), a type of music primarily played on the Great Highland bagpipe. In the canntairached method of instruction, the teacher sings or hums the tune to the pupil ...
Zampogna (UK: / z æ m ˈ p ɒ n j ə /, [1] US: / z æ m ˈ p oʊ n j ə, (t) s ɑː m ˈ-/, [2] Italian: [dzamˈpoɲɲa]) is a generic term for a number of Italian double chantered bagpipes that can be found throughout areas in Abruzzo, Latium, Molise, Basilicata, Campania, Calabria, Apulia, Sicily, and as far north as the southern part of the Marche.
Bellows-blown bagpipe with keyed or un-keyed 2-octave chanter, 3 drones and 3 regulators. The most common type of bagpipes in Irish traditional music. Great Irish Warpipes: One of the earliest references to the Irish bagpipes comes from an account of the funeral of Donnchadh mac Ceallach, king of Osraige in AD 927. [1]
The tsampouna (or tsambouna; Greek: τσαμπούνα) is a Greek musical instrument and part of the bagpipe family. It is a double-chantered bagpipe, with no drone, [1] and is inflated by blowing by mouth into a goatskin bag. The instrument is widespread in the Greek islands. [2]
The Highland Bagpipe and its Music (2nd ed.). Edinburgh EH9 1QS: John Donald Publishers of Birlinn LTD. ISBN 978-0-85976-549-7}: CS1 maint: location ^ MacNeill, Seumus (1976) [1968]. Piobaireachd, Classical Music of the Highland Bagpipe (2nd reprint ed.). Edinburgh, 2: Broadcasting Council for Scotland by the BBC.
The island's musical traditions also include steelpan, calypso, choral music, as well as an array of bagpipe music played by descendants of Irish and Scottish settlers; the biggest bagpipe band on modern Bermuda is the Bermuda Islands Pipe Band. Bermuda is also the home of one of the most popular Caribbean music groups in the United States, the ...
The kaba gaida ('large gaida' [1]) or rodopska gaida (Rhodope gaida), is the bagpipe of the central Rhodope mountains, it is a distinctive symbol of Bulgarian folk music. It is made from wood, horn, animal skin and cotton, and is similar to the gaida, but lower pitched and usually with a larger bag. The chanter has a specific curve at the end ...
The music for the bagpipe has much in common with the melodies of old Estonian so-called runic songs. A number of tunes, like the instrument itself, are of foreign origin. Supposedly they chiefly derive from Sweden. The Swedish influence is suggested by the texts of dance songs for the bagpipe, and the dances themselves also seem to come from ...