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  2. 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.

  3. Evelyn Glennie - Wikipedia

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    Glennie also plays the Great Highland Bagpipes and has her own registered tartan known as "The Rhythms of Evelyn Glennie". [ 7 ] Glennie performed at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in London 2012, leading a thousand drummers in the opening piece of music And I Will Kis s , and also playing the Glennie Concert Aluphone in Caliban's ...

  4. List of bagpipes - Wikipedia

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    Säckpipa: Also the Swedish word for "bagpipe" in general, the name is commonly used for the revived Swedish bagpipe, based on surviving säckpipor of the Dalarna region. It has a cylindrical bore and a single reed, and usually a single drone in the same pitch as the bottom note of the chanter.

  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. A person who plays a musical instrument is known as an instrumentalist. The ...

  6. Drone (sound) - Wikipedia

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    In music, a drone is a harmonic or monophonic effect or accompaniment where a note or chord is continuously sounded throughout most or all of a piece. A drone may also be any part of a musical instrument used to produce this effect; an archaic term for this is burden (bourdon or burdon) [1] [2] such as a "drone [pipe] of a bagpipe", [3] [4] the pedal point in an organ, or the lowest course of ...

  7. Tsampouna - Wikipedia

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    The tsampouna (or tsambouna; Greek: τσαμπούνα) is a Greek musical instrument and part of the bagpipe family. It is a double-chantered bagpipe, with no drone, [1] and is inflated by blowing by mouth into a goatskin bag. The instrument is widespread in the Greek islands. [2]

  8. Forces stage early-hours rehearsal for Queen’s ... - AOL

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    The sound of bagpipes began at 2.45am, signalling the start of the procession and echoing through the quiet streets of London. Thousands of military personnel took part in a full rehearsal for the ...

  9. Cape Breton fiddling - Wikipedia

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    The ornaments are adapted from those used on the Great Highland bagpipe. The ornamentation (cuts aka. trebles, drones and doubling) brings out the strong feeling of Cape Breton fiddle. A century ago the violin and pump organ were the common instruments; the latter has been supplanted by piano to provide a rhythmic accompaniment.