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Zampogna n. : A sort of bagpipe formerly in use among Italian peasants. It is now almost obsolete.

Example:
does anyone know if you can cross finger and half hole on a Zampogna to make it chromatic?

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Zampogna, tradition, drones, free encyclopedia, Latium, single reed, bagpipe, pipes, Abruzzo, Sicily, instrument, folk music festivals, folk music, stock, soprano, ciaramella, melodies, double reed.

Defination from the web:
Zampogna is generally played with the piffero (called "biffera" in the Ciociaria, or "ciaramella" or "pipita" in ... The word "zampogna" is etymologically related to the Greek simponia, the plural of "simponi" meaning single beating reed; also to the Greek ... 


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