Zampogna

Zampogna [Gk. *symphonia], mouth-blown bagpipe of Calabria, Sicily, and Malta, known by this name since the 14th c. but not described until the 17th c. The zampogna of Calabria and Sicily has a sheepskin bag, blowpipe, 2 divergent conical chanters and 2 drones, all on 1 stock, and all fitted with double reeds. It occurs in 2 forms, as a solo instr. and as an accompanying instr. In the solo form the chanters are pitched in 4ths; in the accompanying form, in octs. The accompanying form is built…