New C chanter from Pablo Carpintero

[LuifeSpain]

Pablo Carpintero has designed a new chanter, based on a model from his grandfather mixed with an old chanter from El Bierzo (near to Leon). Is tuned in C, and can be played in open fingering an also in galician closed-fingering. But the best thing is that you can overblow notes very easy, you can play chromatic-scales, and it has the old flavour of ancient galician chanters. We can say it is the chanter of the year, indeed.

Here I post a video where you can see Pablo Carpintero playing in open fingering:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW9s5ArL ... uuV9bFXFfk

Now in closed-fingering:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Bq9eSa ... nH32yiVjcU

And here is a example of the second octave notes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBHSbK00 ... Q0otpser0R

And of course, If you want to see the complete gaita with this chanter, here are some photos. The gaita is a reproduction of an old type of gaitas, with the bass and tenor drone in a common stock:




Here is the reproduction in cocobolo with imitation-ivory rings:

[docarrete]

Totally amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! I am not sure how the closed fingering for a Galician chanter is, I play open finger. I just do not understand how a chanter can be played both ways!!! I can over-blow like 5 notes into the second octave with my JR chanter (puntero), so I was not all amazed by that. Here is a video of myself playing a couple of notes in the 2nd octave. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3N_xpIX ... el&list=UL
Soon I will upload a video of all that my chanter (puntero) can do

Asturian and Galician closed fingering look very similar to me!!!!

Thanks for the great info LuifeSpain!!!

[Geraint]

Hey Luife, thanks for the information. I like the old photograph of the gaitero. How common was it for gaitas to be blown using bellows? Does anybody use bellows today with their gaitas?

[Peter Duggan]

And of course, If you want to see the complete gaita with this chanter, here are some photos. The gaita is a reproduction of an old type of gaitas, with the bass and tenor drone in a common stock:

Interesting stock design (like a tree with a branch)... is that typical of these old gaitas?