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Thanks!!! Glad you love 'em, but know I was not the one to record this. I borrowed it from an Italian fanpage for Italian pipers (used Google Translator to read it) and obviously the Italians don't even care if I steal their videos or not LOL. Don't worry, I'll get one of these beasts someday.

@@michaelkazmierskidunn7189 epic i hope you become a zampogna master

@@xX_wiLLiam_Xx BEST, COMMENT, EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's my dream goal too!!!!!! In fact, it's my dream goal to actually start to team up with somebody to actually MAKE zampogne because I don't want them to be a wrongly kept secret between Italians, and of course you know how the language barrier is over there. I want zampogne to be more mainstream instruments kind of like how very easily people can order an Italian accordion, I want people to be able to order zampogne just as easily. Right now, you have to communicate with a human translator who will communicate with the maker, then the translator will have to buy the bagpipe and then ship it to you... not very efficient! Obviously, I would get my first instruments that way, but then I'd work with a pipemaker to replicate them and then start my own zampogna making and teaching business! Who knows, maybe my favorite singer Lauren Alvarez might get involved in the other side of things too, the zampogna is often played with an oboe-like woodwind instrument (which somehow can't be put in a comment for the stupidest reason), but it's mostly described as the 'zampogna's wife' so to speak. So yeah. Problem is, even good zampogna makers are hard to get in touch with anyways.

Thank you, but I don't even know one single Sardinian term at all. So what the heck do the voice parts mean? You didn't describe them. Bassu? Contra? Oche? I know nothing about that. I only know them as like lead or tenor or baritone or bass. This is why I hate the language barrier from Sardinian people because they only use THEIR terms that English speakers don't understand.

Thank you, but I don't even know one single Sardinian term at all. So what the heck do the voice parts mean? You didn't describe them. Bassu? Contra? Oche? I know nothing about that. I only know them as like lead or tenor or baritone or bass. This is why I hate the language barrier from Sardinian people because they only use THEIR terms that English speakers don't understand.

@@michaelkazmierskidunn7189 Bassu has the lowest note of the group, the bassu produces a scratched and guttural sound. The Contra instead is holds an octave note above the Bassu, the sound is more fluent and not as much scratched as the Bassu's. The latter ones I mentioned are in tune toghether, they produce a cavernous sound. The last one is the Mesuboche also called in some towns Tzìppiri is a falsetto who follows the armony of the other two. Then there is the Boche which is the main singer and the only one who sings the poetry, and the one who gives the rhythm to the rest of the group members.

@@andreaporcherifracasseddu1768 That makes more sense.

Interesting!

Ciao. I didn't notice your comments until just now. Understand that we're from different time zones. Anyway, I got this from the free samples on the Italian Folklore archive, on their Sardinia page, of course using Google Translator.

@@michaelkazmierskidunn7189 thank you I found the page and several examples of our culture from ORANI for singing in cuncordu/tenore together and music plaied with diatonic accordions. Really thank you very much

I correct they say also Bim boi but not boy definitely :)

Ciao. I didn't notice your comments until just now. Understand that we're from different time zones. Anyway, I got this from the free samples on the Italian Folklore archive, on their Sardinia page, of course using Google Translator.

AMEN BROTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You know what? I CAN TELL YOU ABSOLUTELY HATE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU AND THE REST OF THE WORLD FOR MAKING ME FEEL LIKE THE WORST LOSER EVER!!!! I KNEW MY LIFE DOESN'T MEAN A THING TO ANYONE AT ALL!!!!!!!! Plus, I DON'T TRUST YOU AT ALL!!!!!!!!! Trust ME because I have more astute hearing than you do!!!!!!!!!! If she added those amazing harmony parts in the song, why would her producer go and make them so faint that nobody notices them? TO me, that doesn't make sense. Those other parts should be audible to really make the song shine through, and literally all you hear is the one vocal track!!!!!! Her producer doesn't seem very acomodating either. Look. When I asked Lauren what she thought of a studio acapella for "Without You", she actually agreed with me that this was also quite a good idea, except that she was super busy and couldn't take care of it right away. Which is absolutely totally understandable given what she's going through. But now here's her producer saying "No" just to make me feel HATED??????????????? If her producer was more accommodating I'm absolutely sure Lauren would agree with me on the idea of a studio acapella for this song. Plus, she also told me she did want feedback because she said she's trying out this so-called 'Kelly Clarkson effect' out for the first time, and I clearly remember her saying she wanted actual constructive feedback. So here you are being ABSOLUTELY HATEFUL about it!!!!!!!!!!!!! Listen, I'm definitely telling Lauren about this hateful comment you posted!!!!! And it sounds like you need me to enjoy singers with crap slow vibratos too!!! The reason why Lauren's like only one of my ONLY TWO favorite singers is because of her vibrato! And there is seriously THE HUGEST SHORTAGE of good singers left in the world, and there just REALLY NEED TO BE A LOT MORE singers with good vibratos like Lauren's!!! So QUIT TELLING ME TO STOP LISTENING TO HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Again, THANK YOU FOR HATING ME!!!!!!!!!!

@michaelkazmierskidunn7189 TL;DR. Sounds like you're happy, if not sorry to hurt your feelings little snowflake.

Glad you love it!!!!! My lifelong goal is to make exceedingly rare bagpipe recordings more accessible to wider audiences, and of course that includes remastering them to the best of my ability so that the recordings can be enjoyed to their full potential (rather than having the mechanical aspects of the recordings be the distraction, such as warping, clicking/crackling, etc). The first time I heard this Piobaireachd was a very warped pressing of John MacDonald of Inverness, which I've remastered on my channel also.

@@michaelkazmierskidunn7189 Awesome. Awesome. Awesome! I have a cassette tape of R. U. Brown discussing and performing Piobaireachd with another Piobaireachd Master that I got some years ago with 2 or 3 other similar cassettes.

@@PipingDavey Can you digitize it please? THen I'll remaster it. I'm serious. Just make sure it's as raw as possible with no post-recording modifications at all. The rawer the better in terms of what I need to remaster something. If you'd like, my other ways of getting in touch can be found on my channel info. I'm in for this!

@@michaelkazmierskidunn7189 I'll keep that in mind. :)

Glad you love it too! In fact, I far prefer Italian zampogne better than Highland pipes myself just because the zampogna is far cooler (with two chanters, sometimes even 3 different chanters on some modern varieties!). So that always keeps things interesting! Keep in mind I didn't actually record this. Problem is, too many Italian pipers don't know how to speak English which is clearly and obviously THE WORST THING EVER, so I didn't know what to do other than by "borrowing" as it were a Facebook video from a big Facebook page specializing in Italian piping.

Super glad you LOVE these!!!! Now I wish I had a set, but I'm afraid not. As well, I didn't record this. Literally I thought of including videos (instead of just audio files on a black background which I've always done) just to attract more subscribers. Thing is, as a blind person I've never been able to make videos 'cause I obviously can't see, and I'm not living with anyone who can help me with the camera and all that. And I learned the hard way most people are more reactive to visual stuff which is a definite BOO in the blind world. Plus, as I mentioned to someone else, this wasn't a recording I made but it was on a hard-to-find Facebook page run by Italian pipers 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, compared to Scottish Highland pipes. So if it can only be found on a niche Facebook page and wrongly kept a frickin' secret, why not upload it to YT? The only thing I hate about Italian bagpipes is that it's a wrongly kept secret NOT MEANT TO BE SECRET!

@@nicolaalpigiano8916 I do not know Sardinian. So what the heck do the voice parts mean? You didn't describe them. Bassu? Contra? Oche? I know nothing about that. I only know them as like lead or tenor or baritone or bass. This is why I hate the language barrier from Sardinian people because they only use THEIR terms that English speakers don't understand.

​​@@michaelkazmierskidunn7189Sorry. The cronta and bassu are two types of troath sound that are produced with a special technique of the throat. The boche is the main voice that exposes the poetry text and the mesu boche is another voice that goes in falsetto. I translated all the terms for you to understand what they are but in reality there isn't even a real translation, not even in Italian. It was a pleasure to help you

@@nicolaalpigiano8916 That was a nice try. According to the Wikipedia article, they mention a goat for the highest note that's not the person singing the words, then the two singers doing the throat technique are like a sheep and a cow. Then they mention that the person singing the words is like a shepherd.

​@@michaelkazmierskidunn7189That's a legend. The sound the different voices can be related to the sounds of the nature but it's not certain, the only certain thing we know is that the "tenore" is an musical instrument which accompany the poetry. Every sardinian poetry has a musical rythm.

LOL LOL LOL!!!!!!! Funniest thing I heard all day!!!!!!!!!!

If you look at my other videos with the same guy, especially the one says "Commedian", you'll see him cut off.

Super glad you LOVE these!!!! Now I wish I had a set, but I'm afraid not. As well, I didn't record this. Literally I thought of including videos (instead of just audio files on a black background which I've always done) just to attract more subscribers. Thing is, as a blind person I've never been able to make videos 'cause I obviously can't see, and I'm not living with anyone who can help me with the camera and all that. And I learned the hard way most people are more reactive to visual stuff which is a definite BOO in the blind world. Plus, as I mentioned to someone else, this wasn't a recording I made but it was on a hard-to-find Facebook page run by Italian pipers 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, compared to Scottish Highland pipes. So if it can only be found on a niche Facebook page and wrongly kept a frickin' secret, why not upload it to YT? The only thing I hate about Italian bagpipes is that it's a wrongly kept secret NOT MEANT TO BE SECRET!

@@michaelkazmierskidunn7189 I totally agree. Same goes for all the other cool bagpipe varieties. Just off the top of my head I recommend listening to bagpipes from the banat region of Serbia. They are great too and have an extremely unique sound. If you search Banatske Gajde You may find something. There are so many great bagpipes that are left in the dark. It’s a shame. And I hate the fact people always bring it back to Scotland or the idea they are somehow Celtic. I remember reading an article by a Ukrainian man who was the last man to preserve the Hutsul Duda and even he bought into the stupid idea the oldest bagpipes are Scottish. Which is such a shame considering his tradition is just as old if not older and preserves far more unique archaic characteristics. I applaud your efforts to bring Italian bagpipes to a larger audience. I love the very obscure archival recordings you’ve uploaded.

@@DGR233 OMG BEST COMMENT EVER!!!!!!!!!!! Since 2020 I also love Serbian bagpipes (not just from getting Sean Folsom's 'Bagpipes Around the World' album for Christmas 2008), but I bought a used copy of The Ace and Deuce of Pipers from another guy. Bit afraid to upload it because of copyright issues, but still. But you're right, bagpipes from most non-English-speaking countries are wrongly kept secrets that should not be secret. That's why zampogne are the worst kept secrets ever because nobody else knows about these AMAZING bagpipes!!!!!!! But there's tons of English-written material on Serbian bagpipes anyway, so I feel like the Serbians are doing a better job at reaching out to wider audiences. But the poor Lucanians, not yet. And the notion that bagpipes are originally Scottish is also total nonsense. That's why I'm the most passionate about these things.

Can't wait for my favorite singer in the world Lauren Alvarez to say that, LOL. She just uploaded quite a hot new song today.

@@michaelkazmierskidunn7189 Good luck with that, as the saying goes ...............

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's only the rhythm of the tune. The piper wasn't actually walking unless you actually see it visually. Being blind I wouldn't know any different.

Thanks! I didn't play in that band, but I was there to listen. I'm in the Greater Midwest Pipe Band myself. Don't know how well you might know us compared to Great Lakes but we're also a grade 2 band.

LOL!!!!!!

It actually took two whole goatskins to make that bag on this set. But fortunately, they do make synthetic bags for zampogne. Personally, 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. 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 Highland pipes I play.

@@michaelkazmierskidunn7189 Didn’t even realize you were blind man. Lookin’ good to all the rest of us. 👍

@@BillyTheKidder Hey, that's ok. Literally, I didn't even record this. That's why the visuals are so good. Problem is, too many Italian pipers don't know how to speak English which is clearly and obviously THE WORST THING EVER, so I didn't know what to do other than by "borrowing" as it were a Facebook video from a big Facebook page specializing in Italian piping. I use Google Translator to do everything on that page, and because everything's in a language I don't speak, I knew the Italian people wouldn't care if I uploaded it to TH-cam. Obviously with an English translation. I've been enfatuated with Italian bagpipes since 2010, and from reading tons and tons of pages via Google Translator I know everything you ever want to know about Italian bagpipes. In some of my other videos, there's a link to a dictionary of Italian bagpipe terms I put together so you can get to know about Italian bagpipes as much as possible. I wish I could link to it but putting links in comments is considered spam, so you'll have to find another one of these videos of Italian bagpipes on my channel to get the dictionary.

Super glad you LOVE these!!!! Now I wish I had a set, but I'm afraid not. As well, I didn't record this. Literally I thought of including videos (instead of just audio files on a black background which I've always done) just to attract more subscribers. Thing is, as a blind person I've never been able to make videos 'cause I obviously can't see, and I'm not living with anyone who can help me with the camera and all that. And I learned the hard way most people are more reactive to visual stuff which is a definite BOO in the blind world. Plus, as I mentioned to someone else, this wasn't a recording I made but it was on a hard-to-find Facebook page run by Italian pipers 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, compared to Scottish Highland pipes. So if it can only be found on a niche Facebook page and wrongly kept a frickin' secret, why not upload it to YT? The only thing I hate about Italian bagpipes is that it's a wrongly kept secret NOT MEANT TO BE SECRET!

Never noticed this comment yet. TH-cam is SO MEAN it always HIDES everyone's comments lately!!!!! But thanks!!!!

Glad you love it too! In fact, I far prefer Italian zampogne better than Highland pipes myself just because the zampogna is far cooler (with two chanters, sometimes even 3 different chanters on some modern varieties!). So that always keeps things interesting! Keep in mind I didn't actually record this. Problem is, too many Italian pipers don't know how to speak English which is clearly and obviously THE WORST THING EVER, so I didn't know what to do other than by "borrowing" as it were a Facebook video from a big Facebook page specializing in Italian piping.