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Page 19 of 30 illustrating the pipes heard on Bagpipes of the World |
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Like a few other bagpipes, the simple Surle has no drone as such - the accompanying chanter, with three fingerholes and mounted in the same stock, does double-duty, so to speak. This is similar to the basic configuration of the various Italian Zampognas - and in fact this pipe is found in a very similar form in the region of Italy that lies around the head of the Adriatic Sea, a short distance northwest of Croatia, where it is called "Piva di Trieste."
| The scales and key signatures given may be regarded as approximations; bagpipes may deviate from conventional standards in absolute and relative pitch. |
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Sean Folsom playing the Croatian Surle. |
| There's not a whole lot to see; the two simple chanters are almost toy-like in appearance. |  |
Two ordinary single-blade cane reeds are conventionally deployed. |
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