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[CopperLine]

Talisker

A belated welcome to the forum. And what a fine name - the best malt whisky of the isles -Talisker

[Talisker]

Talisker

A belated welcome to the forum. And what a fine name - the best malt whisky of the isles -Talisker

Thanks for the welcome Copperline. Yes, Talisker's a great malt. I'm currently into the only malt produced from the magnificent Isle of Mull - called Ledaig, very light and smoky. It isn't one of the better known whiskies out there but worth a try. Slange var!

[Talisker]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo3D4OCqPXc

back to the bagpipes, some rockin pipes by the dropkick murphys

Good one! Why the bagpipe fetish?

If you also like Celtic sounding music with a more folky sound check out Capercaillie. Here's a couple of examples.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hd-SKuWIjA0

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jZbfPDInnlk

[phoenix]

What is the definition of a "Gentleman" ?

Someone who knows how to play the bagpipes but doesn't !

[GorillaGal]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo3D4OCqPXc

back to the bagpipes, some rockin pipes by the dropkick murphys

Good one! Why the bagpipe fetish?

If you also like Celtic sounding music with a more folky sound check out Capercaillie. Here's a couple of examples.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hd-SKuWIjA0

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jZbfPDInnlk

will check these links later.

bagpipes are just sooo cool. in my old age i am really getting into all different types of music i never thought i would. i love the bouzouki, and all that greek music, and now i am really getting into turkish music.... all kinds of stuff that is so un-american.

[GorillaGal]

i just found a great bagpipe song on a belly dance CD. from TRIBAL BEATS FOR THE URBAN STREETS-- cut 4. Corvus Corax--Naja Ratte.
imagine that?!!!

[Talisker]

Resurrecting the bagpipe thread - well why not? - by pure chance I found this photograph of an enormous set of bagpipes being played at a festival in a village in the Mani region of Greece. Anyone know anything about these pipes? Are they played in Cyprus? Got to have an impressive pair of lungs to get a note out of these!

[Nefeli]

Resurrecting the bagpipe thread - well why not? - by pure chance I found this photograph of an enormous set of bagpipes being played at a festival in a village in the Mani region of Greece. Anyone know anything about these pipes? Are they played in Cyprus? Got to have an impressive pair of lungs to get a note out of these!

Tsambouna > tsabouna / Greek: τσαμπούνα

The tsamboúna, an instrument of archaic construction, is probably the most typical of the older-stream instruments. It is a drone less bagpipe with twin double-reed chanters. Through the ages it has played an important role in forming the essential characteristics of the local music of the Aegean. On each of the roughly twenty islands where it is still in use nowadays there are small local variations in its construction, form, sound, repertoire and playing techniques, as well as in the choice of instruments that usually accompany it.

What exactly is a tsambouna?

The “tsampouna” is a wind instrument, made of the entire goatskin. The skin of a goat with all the orifices and legs sealed except for two. One opening is a mouthpiece and the other a horn, also from a goat where the sound comes out. The sound of the tsambouna is something like Scotitsh bagpipes with notes being played over a mournful droning that sounds like cats in heat until you get used to it when it begins to sound mysterious and magical.

The musician is usually a shepherd, who is also the maker of the instrument and whose
musicianship can go back for generations

The various tsambounas (and related flutes and pipes) have been played on the islands of Greece for at least a millennium.

http://www.oddmusic.com/gallery/om32275.html
http://echospond.aminus3.com/image/2007-02-21.html
http://www.greekfolkmusicanddance.com/instruments.php

Regards
Nefeli

PS = No they don't played in Cyprus

[Talisker]

Resurrecting the bagpipe thread - well why not? - by pure chance I found this photograph of an enormous set of bagpipes being played at a festival in a village in the Mani region of Greece. Anyone know anything about these pipes? Are they played in Cyprus? Got to have an impressive pair of lungs to get a note out of these!

Tsambouna > tsabouna / Greek: τσαμπούνα

The tsamboúna, an instrument of archaic construction, is probably the most typical of the older-stream instruments. It is a drone less bagpipe with twin double-reed chanters. Through the ages it has played an important role in forming the essential characteristics of the local music of the Aegean. On each of the roughly twenty islands where it is still in use nowadays there are small local variations in its construction, form, sound, repertoire and playing techniques, as well as in the choice of instruments that usually accompany it.

What exactly is a tsambouna?

The “tsampouna” is a wind instrument, made of the entire goatskin. The skin of a goat with all the orifices and legs sealed except for two. One opening is a mouthpiece and the other a horn, also from a goat where the sound comes out. The sound of the tsambouna is something like Scotitsh bagpipes with notes being played over a mournful droning that sounds like cats in heat until you get used to it when it begins to sound mysterious and magical.

The musician is usually a shepherd, who is also the maker of the instrument and whose
musicianship can go back for generations

The various tsambounas (and related flutes and pipes) have been played on the islands of Greece for at least a millennium.

http://www.oddmusic.com/gallery/om32275.html
http://echospond.aminus3.com/image/2007-02-21.html
http://www.greekfolkmusicanddance.com/instruments.php

Regards
Nefeli

PS = No they don't played in Cyprus

Fantastic, thanks for this information Nefeli. I'd love to see them being played for real, perhaps on one of our future visits to Greece.

[denizaksulu]

Resurrecting the bagpipe thread - well why not? - by pure chance I found this photograph of an enormous set of bagpipes being played at a festival in a village in the Mani region of Greece. Anyone know anything about these pipes? Are they played in Cyprus? Got to have an impressive pair of lungs to get a note out of these!

Tsambouna > tsabouna / Greek: τσαμπούνα

The tsamboúna, an instrument of archaic construction, is probably the most typical of the older-stream instruments. It is a drone less bagpipe with twin double-reed chanters. Through the ages it has played an important role in forming the essential characteristics of the local music of the Aegean. On each of the roughly twenty islands where it is still in use nowadays there are small local variations in its construction, form, sound, repertoire and playing techniques, as well as in the choice of instruments that usually accompany it.

What exactly is a tsambouna?

The “tsampouna” is a wind instrument, made of the entire goatskin. The skin of a goat with all the orifices and legs sealed except for two. One opening is a mouthpiece and the other a horn, also from a goat where the sound comes out. The sound of the tsambouna is something like Scotitsh bagpipes with notes being played over a mournful droning that sounds like cats in heat until you get used to it when it begins to sound mysterious and magical.

The musician is usually a shepherd, who is also the maker of the instrument and whose
musicianship can go back for generations

The various tsambounas (and related flutes and pipes) have been played on the islands of Greece for at least a millennium.

http://www.oddmusic.com/gallery/om32275.html
http://echospond.aminus3.com/image/2007-02-21.html
http://www.greekfolkmusicanddance.com/instruments.php

Regards
Nefeli

PS = No they don't played in Cyprus

Fantastic, thanks for this information Nefeli. I'd love to see them being played for real, perhaps on one of our future visits to Greece.

Nefeli, Thanks for the post.
It would be interesting to hear this instrument without the 'drone'.