Greg, this is a true story. There is a letter written, in 1500, by a Portuguese Officer who was on the ship that discovered Brasil which later was sent to the king of Portugal describing that a piper stepped down the ship and started playing tunes in order to stablish a common language between them. It means that officially (you can correct me if I am wrong) the first instrument to be played in the Americas was a bagpipe (there are doubts if it was a portuguese or a "galega" bagpipe. Greetins from Brasil !
Es que Portugal también es un país celta. Lo fueron en más de 2/3 de su territorio (España en bastante más de la mitad). Todos los brasileños podéis estar muy orgullosos de llevar sangre portuguesa (y española también, inevitablemente, puesto que somos países hermanos con muy similares genes, idénticas cultura, raza y religión).
Thanks Fabiano. Carlos has a very entertaining story about how Celtic music and the bag pipes migrated through the world. He said that the first explorers tested to see if the locals in South America were friendly by putting the piper on shore first to test the reception. It seems they like the music :-)
Greg, this is a true story. There is a letter written, in 1500, by a Portuguese Officer who was on the ship that discovered Brasil which later was sent to the king of Portugal describing that a piper stepped down the ship and started playing tunes in order to stablish a common language between them. It means that officially (you can correct me if I am wrong) the first instrument to be played in the Americas was a bagpipe (there are doubts if it was a portuguese or a "galega" bagpipe. Greetins from Brasil !
That is great! Thanks :-)
I’m certain it was. Bagpipes are everywhere in Europe. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪 ☘️
Es que Portugal también es un país celta. Lo fueron en más de 2/3 de su territorio (España en bastante más de la mitad).
Todos los brasileños podéis estar muy orgullosos de llevar sangre portuguesa (y española también, inevitablemente, puesto que somos países hermanos con muy similares genes, idénticas cultura, raza y religión).
He's such a fantastic ambassador of the Galician bagpipe.
Amazing!!
Yes, it was a fabulous show!
Proud of Carlos Núñez!
Suena desafinado?
No
Yes sir
Esas gaitas are out of tune
It's almost impossible keeping the pipes in tune under air conditioning
Carlos Núñez PD te adoroooo (niña nai é de pontevedra ,-son Galega?nací en Ferrol
Eu en Ourense capital e crecí cerca de Allariz e Viana do Bolo. E aunque en a actualidade viva en O Bierzo (Llíon), nunca ouvido as miñas raíces.
Bravo Carlos
Quiero un violinista así en mi banda y un guitarrista así y un percusionista así. He dicho!
ENTONCES VENTE PARA GALIZA HERMANO...
I am so happy to hearing a genuine brazilian tune being played by great pipers !
Thanks Fabiano.
Carlos has a very entertaining story about how Celtic music and the bag pipes migrated through the world. He said that the first explorers tested to see if the locals in South America were friendly by putting the piper on shore first to test the reception. It seems they like the music :-)