Saturday, December 3, 2011

Iran: neij-anban

The droneless bagpipe of Iran is called: neij-anban. People use big skins.
In next video you see very well: the reed pipes are put in a wooden holder.
The neij-anban sounds very sharp.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

The droneless bagpipe is the third phase in the development of the bagpipe.
We don't know when, where and who one or more persons put a double clarinet to a skin of sheep or goat.
Without a bag you blow on a double clarinet with the reeds in your mouth.
With a skin it is easier to blow: you don't need a special technic for blowing.

Look to this map:


You'll find the droneless bagpipe in Asia, Russia and in countries around the Mediterranean.
alos in France, England and Holland.

Here you see a droneless bagpipe from India, called Sruti Upanga: