Rhodope Bagpipe - Rhodope Mountain - BULGARIA

Rhodope Bagpipe - Rhodope Mountain - BULGARIA The "Kaba" bagpipe has a specific low, dense and soft sound, which distinguishes it from the higher, more piercing and sharper sounding "Jura" bagpipe. And while the "high" bagpipes are mainly used for Megdan people and open spaces, with the bagpipes in the Rhodope region, which are in a lower scale and have a softer sonority, a song is also accompanied. These characteristics of the "kaba" bagpipe make it possible to combine two or even more instruments in unison. There are reports from the end of the 19th century that in the Rhodopes, folk musicians of large groups "tuned" several bagpipes at the same time, with which they played in unison.The reason for this is the presence of more actively playing pipers in every settlement of the region at that time.