Arle, Thanks for the information. The Galician band, Berroguetto has a Zanfona player and, as far as I can hear, uses no chien. The Castilian band, La Musgana, uses tons of chien in their tunes. Both styles work well for the tunes they play. La Musgana puts a lot of rhythm in their music with all instruments being played like drums from time to time. Love it.
-Ian Arle Lommel wrote: > There are some reasons why you don't hear it: the chien is not part > of the traditional zanfona at all. It was added fairly recently by > some makers, but it plays no role in historicizing traditions. I am > deliberately not making any statement about authenticity, because > what counts as authentic is an inherently political question and > invokes some really problematic issues in general. So let's simply > say that those strains of Galician music that look to the past and > try to (more or less accurately) recreate something from that past > generally eschew the chien. > > Best, > > Arle > > > > On Aug 25, 2007, at 6:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I noticed that, by and large, there is little use of the chien in > > Spanish playing. Have you-all noticed that, too?
