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  2. List of aerophones by Hornbostel–Sachs number - Wikipedia

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    Bagpipes: Cornemuse du Centre; Great Highland Bagpipe; Uilleann pipes; Northumbrian smallpipes; Musette de cour; Biniou; Gaita; Dudelsack; Volynka; 422.12 Sets of oboes. 422.121 With cylindrical bore. 422.122 With conical bore. 422.2 Single reed instruments - The pipe has a single 'reed' consisting of a percussion lamella. 422.21 (Single ...

  3. List of bagpipes - Wikipedia

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    Loure, a Norman bagpipe which gives its name to the French Baroque dance loure. Pipasso, a bagpipe native to Picardy in northern France; Sourdeline, an extinct bellows-blown pipe, likely of Italian origin; Samponha, a double-chantered pipe played in the Pyrenees; Vèze (or vessie, veuze à Poitiers), played in Poitou

  4. Glossary of bagpipe terms - Wikipedia

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    Winning the two premier Highland bagpipe competitions (Oban and Inverness) in the same year. A feat only rarely achieved. Double tone When starting the bagpipes, as the pressure is increased, the drones initially sound at a higher pitch, perhaps a semitone or tone higher than normal.

  5. Musical instrument - Wikipedia

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    Abraham Bloemaert playing a bagpipe.. A musical instrument is a device created or adapted to make musical sounds.In principle, any object that produces sound can be considered a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument.

  6. Bagpipes - Wikipedia

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    Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, Northern Africa, Western Asia, around the Persian Gulf and northern parts of South Asia.

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  8. Woodwind instrument - Wikipedia

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    To produce a sound with an open flute, the player is required to blow a stream of air across a sharp edge that then splits the airstream. This split air stream then acts upon the air column contained within the flute's hollow, causing it to vibrate and produce sound. Examples of open flutes are the transverse flute, panpipes, and shakuhachi. [5]

  9. Uilleann pipes - Wikipedia

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    The tone of the uilleann pipes is unlike that of many other forms of bagpipes. They have a different harmonic structure, sounding sweeter and quieter than many other bagpipes, such as the Great Irish warpipes, Great Highland bagpipes or the Italian zampognas. The uilleann pipes are often played indoors, and are almost always played sitting down.