Hmmm... He "rediscovered" the piva? His search led to Scotland and South-Italy? The piva is a bagpipe from northern Italy and has been played there as early as the 50's. This guy takes credit for finding a traditional instrument that has never been gone...
@fluffytom82 He rediscovered the Piva Ticinese, he never implies to have rediscovered the the Italian Piva or that such instrument was lost there, there is a lot of difference.
@LeoVallo Saying that you "rediscover" something implies that it has been lost. Also, he doesn't mention any "piva ticinese". Her litterally says (0:50 into the clip) "I interviewed elderly people who spoke of an ancient instrument called the piva. I discovered this was actually a bagpipe."
He probably read about it on the internet or in some book about traditional instruments, but it wasn't his discovery.
@fluffytom82 The Piva ticinese is similar, but not identical to the north-italian one, and it has been gone for 50-100 yrs, that's why you can speak of "rediscovery".
(cont.) The piva has always been a bagpipe. It is seen in old traités by Praetorius and Mersenne, in the encyclopedia of Diderot and many other books.
I could agree if you say he "re-introduced" the instrument in Switzerland, or he "made the instrument popular again". But he didn't discover it.
Hello, friend swissinfo!. It has been called me powerfully this video the attention, it has turned out to me very curious and an innovation for me that the bagpipe "Piva" is also in Switzerland, till now I believed that this tipology of bagpipe was only in the current borders of Italy.
Thank you very much for the video and receive a greeting from Galicia!.
Just a question about the zampogna. The drone's notes sound like changing at the end of the piece (high drone is F, then F#, then G). Is it a special kind ?
Good ear! Yes. The Zamogna he is playing is from the Molise/Abruzzo region (Probably from town of Scapoli in Molise). A modern trend with the pipers in this region is that they plug up the high drone (or use a dummy pipe) and then drill two holes in the end of the back drone. They use the left hand thumb to cover the holes, which when uncovered plays the higher note. If they only uncover one hole it plays the flat note. So essentially they are turning the back drone into a third chanter!
Amazing....this guy is struggling to keep an ancestral instrument and culture alive, and that is one of the noblest deeds a man can do.
The one who forgets its roots, loses its identity...
Bravo!
raonipaes 1 year ago
Hmmm... He "rediscovered" the piva? His search led to Scotland and South-Italy? The piva is a bagpipe from northern Italy and has been played there as early as the 50's. This guy takes credit for finding a traditional instrument that has never been gone...
fluffytom82 1 year ago
@fluffytom82 He rediscovered the Piva Ticinese, he never implies to have rediscovered the the Italian Piva or that such instrument was lost there, there is a lot of difference.
LeoVallo 9 months ago
@LeoVallo Saying that you "rediscover" something implies that it has been lost. Also, he doesn't mention any "piva ticinese". Her litterally says (0:50 into the clip) "I interviewed elderly people who spoke of an ancient instrument called the piva. I discovered this was actually a bagpipe."
He probably read about it on the internet or in some book about traditional instruments, but it wasn't his discovery.
fluffytom82 9 months ago
@fluffytom82 The Piva ticinese is similar, but not identical to the north-italian one, and it has been gone for 50-100 yrs, that's why you can speak of "rediscovery".
hyksos84 3 months ago
(cont.) The piva has always been a bagpipe. It is seen in old traités by Praetorius and Mersenne, in the encyclopedia of Diderot and many other books.
I could agree if you say he "re-introduced" the instrument in Switzerland, or he "made the instrument popular again". But he didn't discover it.
fluffytom82 9 months ago
Is the Piva finger arrangement the same on Scottish Bagpipes ? If You mind Me asking ofcourse .... Great Video
AngusOnkel 2 years ago
Molto bello
decimaquinta69 2 years ago
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yes, in middle age!
Riscet4ever 3 years ago
Were the dudelsachen played in German Switzerland?
rudi1889 3 years ago
Hello, friend swissinfo!. It has been called me powerfully this video the attention, it has turned out to me very curious and an innovation for me that the bagpipe "Piva" is also in Switzerland, till now I believed that this tipology of bagpipe was only in the current borders of Italy.
Thank you very much for the video and receive a greeting from Galicia!.
papigil 3 years ago
Hi !
Just a question about the zampogna. The drone's notes sound like changing at the end of the piece (high drone is F, then F#, then G). Is it a special kind ?
Thank you.
Eric
tralala58 3 years ago
Good ear! Yes. The Zamogna he is playing is from the Molise/Abruzzo region (Probably from town of Scapoli in Molise). A modern trend with the pipers in this region is that they plug up the high drone (or use a dummy pipe) and then drill two holes in the end of the back drone. They use the left hand thumb to cover the holes, which when uncovered plays the higher note. If they only uncover one hole it plays the flat note. So essentially they are turning the back drone into a third chanter!
dmarker21 3 years ago
Very cool!
mettijesnthebernt 3 years ago