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Lloyd Le Blanc's avatar

Hello, I have bult ,imported cajons and like all kinds of drumming.

Thais was a very welcomed and educational article and love the videos.

Thank you,

Lloyd

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Marcia Smith's avatar

This is fantastic. I learned so much (Italian bagpipes?!). Thank you! I love Zahr and encourage anyone reading here who hasn't heard it to fix that right away.

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Francesco Turrisi's avatar

Yes, there is a huge tradition of bagpipes everywhere in central and southern Italy...there are 27 distinct types of bagpipes just in Italy!

Let us not forget that the oldest bagpipe we know of was in modern day Turkey...the association with northern europe and the british isles is waaaay more recent. Maybe I'll write a piece one of these days!

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Marcia Smith's avatar

Yes, please write about bagpipes!

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Mike C's avatar

Really enjoyed this thank you!

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Satoru Inoue's avatar

So much I didn't know here. The urlo sound definitely reminds me of the cuíca in Brazil, but I'm guessing it'd be hard to change the pitch as much on a tambourine?

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LJ Grant's avatar

What a well-written, well-researched labor of love! I am not only thrilled to have learned as much as I did, but to savor the care and construction of your article! Mil grazie, Francesco! I am coming back again after some of this has integrated a bit, and let new layers apply themselves. I truly truly appreciate your dedication to this.

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