How to make the traditional maltese reed pipe "zummara"

Handmade out of two small pieces of bamboo. Sounds very impressive. In this video I show you how I made it.
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[@yorganyog]

Thats also the base of a drone reed from a bagpipe. Some bagpipes centuries ago probably had a chanter just like in this video with a single blade reed. This instrument reflects very much what could be an ancestral instrument wich might evolve to bagpipes, and how european/north african continent was deep with bagpipes back then. Thank you for the video.

[@dahlavibez5726]

Wow what a stunning discovery. Ill practice this make brother

[@inkybinkyschpinky]

Thankyou very much for this video. I've been looking for a video about how to make these reeds for a while. 👍

[@turkosmopolit633]

This instrument is called sipsi. Sipsi is a clarinet-like, single-reed instrument used mainly in folk music and native to the Aegean region of Greece and Turkey. So its possible that the maltesian discovered for themselfs from the greeks. The word sipsi is possibly onomatopoeic. The sipsi can be made of bone, wood, or reed, though the reed variant is most common. Its size varies from region to region, but it generally contains five finger holes in the front, and one finger hole in the back.
The sipsi is one of many reed instruments in Turkey used to play lead melodies in instrumental folk music. It is generally played in the Western partin the Aegean Region of Turkey.Most folk tunes played in this area with the sipsi are in 9/8 time.

[@ArminHirmer]

They had some Turkish influence I guess

[@hananokuni2580]

This type of woodwind instrument can be found in the Mediterranean and Near East, and the sipsi has existed in Turkey for thousands of years. The Phoenicians had a big trade network covering all of the Mediterranean and in ancient times they might have taken this kind of woodwind instrument to different places, including Malta. The Greeks had the _aulos_ and this one might have also reached Malta, either from Greece or from their trading posts in Sicily.

[@alexbrotherhood1020]

In China, there are also two similar clarinet verticle instruments: the Qiang di (Qiang flute) of the Qiang nationality and the Dong Dong Kui of the Tujia nationality. They have common characteristics: a single inverse reed being cut at the closed bottom of the instrument though Qiangdi is double-piped while Dong Dong Kui is single-piped. When playing with the tools, you should wrap the top (open end) of the reed by your mouth. In my point of view, in a broad sense, all of them are clarinets, just like the Zummara and the modern clarinet in the orchestra. These instruments may have common ancestors.

[@farm7379]

We have similar instrument from Minangkabau ethnicity called Sarunai/Serunai..... usually made out off bamboo....I made one out of young cassava branch as school project

[@TaiganTundra]

So if you glue two of these together you get a Mijwiz?

[@courtneynero6886]

Greetings. I bought a goat horn instrument like this (single reed) in Morocco. Any tips on how to get a sound out of the reed?

[@خارجعنالسيطره-غ3ن]

شرحك مبدع❤🌹

[@Engges1]

There is a similiar instrument like that from Tapanuli selatan, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia. It called Saleot. But saleot has 5 hole note.
My suggest is, you need to make more thin in the end of reed (in the back of bamboo). And need more patient to make it.

[@CaptainGurdy]

What about the hole distance? Can you tell us something about that?

[@thiagonunes4294]

Thank you sir

[@AirtondeIgaratinga]

Like a saxophone. Very nice.

[@dmarpaung2618]

like a Traditional West sumatran Trumpet, Pupuik Sarunai

[@sarpthesharp]

In Turkey it's called ''Sipsi''. You can search this word and listen.

[@ArminHirmer]

thanks, I found a few videos already... need to learn the circular breathing

[@sarpthesharp]

@@ArminHirmer You're welcome. Circular breathing using for "Zurna" too. Zurna is more difficult instrument. You can find a lot of videos about this instrument. 👍🏻

[@MalusTheAppleTree]

Thank you :)

[@ArminHirmer]

Welcome :)

[@aquabotstudios4444]

Is it hollow on both ends of the mouthpiece ?

[@aquabotstudios4444]

waaa blo

[@ramlalsharma9083]

Thanx sir

[@viniciuspanegacci8128]

amazing

[@Syngeman]

blessings to you

[@keytube1012]

Is the mouth side of the reed blocked or open

[@ArminHirmer]

blocked, you need to have a nod from the reed there

[@keytube1012]

Armin Hirmer is it blocked the whole way up the reed

[@ArminHirmer]

the mouthpiece is 5-6 cm long. the mouth side is blocked. On the top you have to cut a membrane part. so when you blow, the air only goes through that part and creates the sound

[@terrybyrd5105]

I'm collecting videos to design my own musical instrument based on a mirliton. I hadn't considered a reversed reed (air hole forward). It has a surprisingly low tonal range. This may help - thanks for the video.

[@pmw5446]

Nice pro

[@ArminHirmer]

thanks

[@aneeshpkknr]

Dear sir how to make this mouthpease

[@yes2healthylife793]

Does it matter if the holes are a tiny bit bigger

[@ArminHirmer]

they change their tone if you change the size, this is how you can fine-tune your flute

[@yes2healthylife793]

Thanks

[@yes2healthylife793]

I just made it and my teacher loved it

[@ArminHirmer]

great, I am happy for you :)

[@cnutsack]

Any suggestions to where I could find bamboo for purchase?

[@hotdogkiller3905]

Your cutting is giving me anxiety

[@kulcengo2977]

Baba sipsi caliyor

[@Gaswac]

look like羌笛

[@alexbrotherhood1020]

Of course, like 羌笛 Zummara and Mijiwiz, all have two pipes and single reed😄