minstrel: Galician bagpipes

[Melissa Frolli]

Several years ago, I got the chance to hear the Galician pipes in a concert. 
I don't remember the artist's name off the top of my head, but believe me, 
it's the only time I've heard anyone jam on bagpipes (Scots or Uillean). I 
remember it had a sound somewhere in the middle between Scots and Irish 
Pipes, and didn't need a microphone in the 800-seat lecture hall at the 
University of California Santa Barbara.
My two cents,
Aibhilin inghean ui Mhanachain
aka Alison O'Mhanachain



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>From: toni seales <antoniadg at yahoo.com>
>To: minstrel at pbm.com
>Subject: minstrel: Galician bagpipes
>Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 13:32:18 -0800 (PST)
>
>You might check into the "gaita galega", bagpipe of
>the celtic-influenced north of Spain.  I have read
>that bagpipes are recorded earliest there of anywhere,
>and there are some respresented in architecture and
>illumination of the Middle Ages.  There are some
>websites on it.  The ones I have seen look like a nice
>size and sound volume too.  (ie, going into the middle
>of the next field is not required to avoid complaints
>while practicing)
>Exercise caution if buying bagpipes from Lark in the
>Morning, if you want advice from many of my
>semi-professional musician friends.  At least, shop
>around and if at all possible have someone more
>experienced check something out before you plunk down
>non-refundable funds.  If I have to pay my teacher for
>a lesson to try something, I'll do it (even if it's
>"too good a bargain"-if it's not playable at all,
>that's good money you could have put into a real
>instrument, while decent instruments are very
>frequently resellable for close to the original price.
>  Voice of experience here!)  Antonia
>
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